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Long-Lived and Other Asset Impairment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Long-Lived and Other Asset Impairment  
Long-Lived and Other Asset Impairment

11. Long-Lived and Other Asset Impairment

We review long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and identifiable intangibles that are being amortized, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances, including the removal of compressors from our active fleet, indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

Compression Fleet

We periodically review the future deployment of our idle compression assets for units that are not of the type, configuration, condition, make or model that are cost efficient to maintain and operate. Based on these reviews, we determine that certain idle compressors should be retired from the active fleet. The retirement of these units from the active fleet triggers a review of these assets for impairment, and as a result of our review, we may record an asset impairment to reduce the book value of each unit to its estimated fair value. The fair value of each unit is estimated based on the expected net sale proceeds compared to other fleet units we recently sold, a review of other units recently offered for sale by third parties or the estimated component value of the equipment we plan to use.

In connection with our review of our idle compression assets, we evaluate for impairment idle units that were culled from our fleet in prior years and are available for sale. Based on that review, we may reduce the expected proceeds from disposition and record additional impairment to reduce the book value of each unit to its estimated fair value.

The following table presents the results of our compression fleet impairment review as recorded in our contract operations segment:

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

September 30, 

September 30, 

(dollars in thousands)

    

2024

    

2023

    

2024

    

2023

Idle compressors retired from the active fleet

 

15

 

30

 

80

 

75

Horsepower of idle compressors retired from the active fleet

 

12,000

 

16,000

 

58,000

 

39,000

Impairment recorded on idle compressors retired from the active fleet

$

2,509

$

2,922

$

9,478

$

8,383

See Note 15 (“Fair Value Measurements”) for further details.