Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	13. Income Taxes As of December 31, 2014, we had $136.9 million in foreign tax credit carryforward deferred tax assets. We recorded a valuation allowance of $7.2 million against these deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2014 for foreign tax credits that expire in the year 2015. As of September 30, 2015, these deferred tax assets related to foreign tax credit carryforwards that can be used to reduce our income taxes payable in future periods. The foreign tax credit carryforwards will expire if they are not used within the 10-year carryforward period. Had the Spin-off not been completed, we consider it more likely than not that we would have had sufficient taxable income and foreign source taxable income in the future that would have allowed us to realize these deferred tax assets, net of the valuation allowance. However, upon completion of the Spin-off many of the foreign tax credit carryforwards will ultimately expire unused. Therefore, since we do not expect Exterran Corporation to generate sufficient taxable income and foreign source taxable income following the Spin-off, an additional valuation allowance ranging from $45 million to $65 million to reduce our foreign tax credit carryforward deferred tax assets is expected to be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

13. Income Taxes

As of December 31, 2014, we had $136.9 million in foreign tax credit carryforward deferred tax assets. We recorded a valuation allowance of $7.2 million against these deferred tax assets in the fourth quarter of 2014 for foreign tax credits that expire in the year 2015. As of September 30, 2015, these deferred tax assets related to foreign tax credit carryforwards that can be used to reduce our income taxes payable in future periods. The foreign tax credit carryforwards will expire if they are not used within the 10-year carryforward period. Had the Spin-off not been completed, we consider it more likely than not that we would have had sufficient taxable income and foreign source taxable income in the future that would have allowed us to realize these deferred tax assets, net of the valuation allowance. However, upon completion of the Spin-off many of the foreign tax credit carryforwards will ultimately expire unused. Therefore, since we do not expect Exterran Corporation to generate sufficient taxable income and foreign source taxable income following the Spin-off, an additional valuation allowance ranging from $45 million to $65 million to reduce our foreign tax credit carryforward deferred tax assets is expected to be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.