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Organization and Nature of Business (Detail) | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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May 17, 2007 | Dec. 31, 2014 Segment | Jul. 31, 2014
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Percentage of reverse acquisition interest | 80.00%us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionInterestAcquired1 |  |
Number of segments |  | 2 us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments |
M&I Brazil |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Ownership interest in newly formed brazil company |  |  | 20.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = aeti_MAndIBrazilMember
M&I Brazil | M&I |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Ownership interest in newly formed brazil company |  |  | 80.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = aeti_MAndIElectricIndustriesIncMember / us-gaap_ScheduleOfEquityMethodInvestmentEquityMethodInvesteeNameAxis = aeti_MAndIBrazilMember
Technical Products and Services | Minimum |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Electrical Transmission Voltage |  | 480 aeti_ProductsBuiltForApplicationVoltages / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aeti_TechnicalProductsAndServicesMember |
Technical Products and Services | Maximum |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Electrical Transmission Voltage |  | 40,000 aeti_ProductsBuiltForApplicationVoltages / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MaximumMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = aeti_TechnicalProductsAndServicesMember |
Beaumont, Texas facilities |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Area of Land |  | 9 us-gaap_AreaOfLand / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_TX |
Company owns facility |  | 118,000 us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_TX |
Mississippi facility |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Area of Land |  | 3 us-gaap_AreaOfLand / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_MS |
Company owns facility |  | 11,000 us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_MS |
Florida facility |  |  |
Organization And Nature Of Business [Line Items] |  |  |
Area of Land |  | 9.7 us-gaap_AreaOfLand / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_FL |
Company owns facility |  | 67,500 us-gaap_AreaOfRealEstateProperty / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = stpr_FL |

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