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Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - country | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Number of countries Flotek actively markets products and services, over 20 countries (country) | 20 |  | 20 |
Percentage of total revenue accounted for percentage-of-completion revenue, less than | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.10%

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