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Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event hp in Thousands			1 Months Ended
	Nov. 19, 2016 shares	Nov. 01, 2016 USD ($) customer compressor_unit hp	Jan. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 21, 2016 USD ($)
Archrock Services, L.P.
Subsequent Event
Number of partnership customers with service agreements (customer) \| customer		63
Number of compression units sold (compressor units) \| compressor_unit		260
Horsepower of compressor units used to provide compression services (horsepower) \| hp		147
Percentage of available horsepower of combined U.S. contract operations business from service agreement sold to the partnership		4.00%
Business combination, consideration transferred		$ 85,000,000
Archrock Services, L.P. \| Limited Partner Units
Subsequent Event
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares	5,482,581
Archrock Services, L.P. \| General Partner
Subsequent Event
Partners' capital account, units distributed in acquisition (units) \| shares	111,000
Archrock Credit Agreement \| Revolving Credit Facility
Subsequent Event
Maximum Consolidated Cash Balance					$ 35,000,000
Exterran Corporation
Subsequent Event
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses			$ 19,700,000	$ 19,500,000