Property and Equipment

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

(3) Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):


	March 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Compression equipment	$	1,712,925	$	1,662,506
Furniture and fixtures		601		593
Automobiles and vehicles		19,351		19,407
Computer equipment		26,933		25,870
Leasehold improvements		1,639		1,586
Total Property and equipment, gross		1,761,449		1,709,962
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization		(441,251)		(417,486)
Total Property and equipment, net	$	1,320,198	$	1,292,476

We recognized $24.3 million and $23.3 million of depreciation expense on property and equipment for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there was $25.6 million and $10.8 million, respectively, of property and equipment purchases in accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, we recognized a $0.3 million net gain on the disposition of a compression unit, after receiving $0.6 million of insurance recoveries. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we recognized a $0.2 million gain on the disposition of a compression unit. Each of these is reported within Gain on disposition of assets on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.