Related Party	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related Party	Related Party In 2016, we entered into a joint venture partnership, N-G, LLC (‘N-G”), with Genis Holdings, LLC (“Genis”) to explore new technologies for wellhead compression. NGS and Genis both share 50% ownership of N-G. In 2018, we ordered some compressor packages from Genis, totaling $1.0 million. The compressors were not completed by December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, we have prepaid $500,000 which is included in prepaid expenses and other in the consolidated balance sheet. The outstanding balance at year end December 31, 2018 is due at the time of completion.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745

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