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Cash Dividends (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands																		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 26, 2016	Oct. 30, 2015	Oct. 18, 2015	Aug. 17, 2015	Jul. 30, 2015	May 18, 2015	Apr. 28, 2015	Feb. 17, 2015	Jan. 30, 2015	Nov. 17, 2014	Oct. 30, 2014	Aug. 18, 2014	Jul. 31, 2014	May 16, 2014	Apr. 29, 2014	Mar. 28, 2014	Feb. 25, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Dividends Payable
Dividend declared per common stock (in dollars per share)			$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15		$ 0.15
Dividends paid to Exterran stockholders		$ 10,400		$ 10,500		$ 10,400		$ 10,300		$ 10,300		$ 10,000		$ 10,000		$ 10,000		$ 41,584	$ 40,319	$ 0
Subsequent Event
Dividends Payable
Dividend declared per common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.1875

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Amount of cash outflow in the form of ordinary dividends to common shareholders of the parent entity.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3291-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Financing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6513228

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