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Property and Equipment and Identifiable Intangible Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Property and Equipment and Identifiable Intangible Assets |
Schedule of property and equipment | Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2026 |  | December 31, 2025
Compression and treating equipment (1) | $ | 5,142,677 |  |  | $ | 4,243,709 |
Automobiles and vehicles | 84,733 |  |  | 62,461 |
Computer and other equipment | 48,015 |  |  | 41,045 |
Leasehold improvements | 11,033 |  |  | 11,004 |
Buildings | 33,769 |  |  | 3,935 |
Furniture and fixtures | 1,437 |  |  | 1,231 |
Land | 5,462 |  |  | 77 |
Total property and equipment, gross | 5,327,126 |  |  | 4,363,462 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization | (2,278,755) |  |  | (2,200,838) |
Total property and equipment, net | $ | 3,048,371 |  |  | $ | 2,162,624 |
(1)As of January 1, 2026, we reclassified $62.7 million of serialized inventory to fixed assets. The intended use of these assets changed from sale to third party to internal use for fixed assets. Once the serialized inventory is placed into service, depreciation will commence in line with overhauls and major improvements that increase the value or extend the life of compression equipment which are capitalized and depreciated over three to five years. Depreciation expense on property and equipment and loss (gain) on disposition of assets were as follows (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  |  |  |
Depreciation expense | $ | 79,192 |  |  | $ | 63,048 |  |  |  |  |
(Gain) loss on disposition of assets | (545) |  |  | 1,325 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of estimated useful lives of property, plant, and equipment | 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 - 20 years
Leasehold improvements | 5 - 7 years
Schedule of identifiable intangible assets | Identifiable intangible assets, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Customer Relationships |  | Trade Names |  | Total
Net balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | 172,430 |  |  | $ | 14,463 |  |  | $ | 186,893 |
J-W Power Acquisition | — |  |  | 5,400 |  |  | 5,400 |
Amortization expense | (6,534) |  |  | (1,213) |  |  | (7,747) |
Net balance as of March 31, 2026 | $ | 165,896 |  |  | $ | 18,650 |  |  | $ | 184,546 |

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