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Property and Equipment, Identifiable Intangible Assets and Goodwill | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Property and Equipment and Identifiable Intangible Assets |
Property and Equipment and Identifiable Intangible Assets | Property and Equipment and Identifiable Intangible Assets Property and Equipment Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Compression and treating equipment | $ | 4,151,063 |  |  | $ | 4,134,544 |
Automobiles and vehicles | 57,811 |  |  | 53,301 |
Computer equipment | 36,470 |  |  | 38,614 |
Leasehold improvements | 10,071 |  |  | 9,807 |
Buildings | 3,935 |  |  | 3,935 |
Furniture and fixtures | 965 |  |  | 963 |
Land | 77 |  |  | 77 |
Total property and equipment, gross | 4,260,392 |  |  | 4,241,241 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (2,022,609) |  |  | (1,967,865) |
Total property and equipment, net | $ | 2,237,783 |  |  | $ | 2,273,376 |
Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Compression and treating equipment, acquired new | 25 years
Compression and treating equipment, acquired used | 5 - 25 years
Furniture and fixtures | 3 - 10 years
Vehicles and computer equipment | 1 - 10 years
Buildings | 5 years
Leasehold improvements | 5 years
Depreciation expense on property and equipment and loss on disposition of assets were as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | Three Months Ended March 31,
|  |  |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Depreciation expense |  |  |  |  | $ | 63,048 |  |  | $ | 55,906 |
Loss on disposition of assets |  |  |  |  | 1,325 |  |  | 1,254 |
On a quarterly basis, we evaluate the future deployment of our idle fleet assets under current market conditions. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we retired 17 compression units representing approximately 10,200 of aggregate horsepower that previously were used to provide compression services in our business. As a result, we recorded an impairment of compression equipment of $3.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. No impairment of compression equipment was recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The primary circumstances supporting these impairments were: (i) unmarketability of certain compression units into the foreseeable future, (ii) excessive maintenance costs associated with certain fleet assets, and (iii) prohibitive retrofitting costs that likely would prevent certain compression units from securing customer acceptance. These compression units were written down to their estimated salvage values, if any. Identifiable Intangible Assets Identifiable intangible assets, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Customer Relationships |  | Trade Names |  | Total
Net balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | 198,534 |  |  | $ | 17,739 |  |  | $ | 216,273 |
Amortization expense | (6,526) |  |  | (819) |  |  | (7,345) |
Net balance as of March 31, 2025 | $ | 192,008 |  |  | $ | 16,920 |  |  | $ | 208,928 |
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets was $341.7 million and $334.4 million as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. Also the disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. + References No definition available. + Details
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