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Organization, Basis of Presentation, and Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Organization, Basis of Presentation, and Significant Accounting Policies ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION, AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization

We are an energy services and solutions company with operations on six continents focused on developing environmentally conscious services and solutions. In addition to providing products and services to the oil and gas industry and calcium chloride for diverse applications, TETRA is expanding into the low-carbon energy market with chemistry expertise, key mineral acreage, and global infrastructure, helping to meet the demand for sustainable energy in the twenty-first century. We were incorporated in Delaware in 1981. Our portfolio includes energy services, industrial chemicals and emerging critical minerals opportunities, delivered through our two reporting segments – Completion Fluids & Products and Water & Flowback Services. Unless the context requires otherwise, when we refer to “we,” “us,” and “our,” we are describing TETRA Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Our Completion Fluids & Products Segment manufactures and markets clear brine fluids (“CBFs”), additives, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry for use in well drilling, completion, and workover operations in the United States and in certain countries in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The segment also markets liquid and dry calcium chloride products manufactured at its production facilities or purchased from third-party suppliers to a variety of markets outside the energy industry and also produces and markets TETRA PureFlow, an ultra-pure zinc bromide, as well as TETRA PureFlow Plus, an ultra-pure zinc bromide/zinc chloride blend, to battery technology companies.

Our Water & Flowback Services Segment provides onshore oil and gas operators with comprehensive water management services. The Segment also provides frac flowback, production well testing, and other associated services in many of the major oil and gas producing regions in the United States, as well as in oil and gas basins in certain countries in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. We are also developing and pilot testing technologies to treat and desalinate produced water from oil wells for beneficial reuse, including surface discharge.

Presentation

Our unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our wholly owned or controlled subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The information furnished reflects all normal recurring adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to provide a fair statement of the results for the interim periods. Operating results for the periods ended June 30, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the twelve months ended December 31, 2026.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X for interim financial statements required to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2026 (the “2025 Annual Report”).
Significant Accounting Policies

Our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025 included in our 2025 Annual Report. There have been no significant changes in our accounting policies or the application thereof during the second quarter of 2026.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclose contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, and impairments during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material.

Correction of Immaterial Error

During the preparation of the financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2026, we identified an immaterial error which understated the current portion of long-term debt and overstated long-term debt by $4.8 million as of December 31, 2025. Balances as of December 31, 2025 have been revised to correct this error. See Note 5 - “Long-Term Debt and Other Borrowings” for additional information on our Term Credit Agreement.

Mineral Resources Arrangement

We are pursuing low-carbon energy initiatives that leverage our fluids core chemistry competencies and our significant mineral resources, including our brine leases in Southwest Arkansas. In June 2023, we entered into a memorandum of understanding (as subsequently amended and supplemented, “MOU”) with Saltwerx LLC (“Saltwerx”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, relating to the Evergreen Unit, and potential bromine and lithium production from brine produced from the unit. The memorandum of understanding includes an allocation of certain costs for the drilling of a brine production test well and other development operations, including front-end engineering and design studies for bromine and lithium production facilities.

We capitalized approximately $10.9 million and $17.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $10.9 million and $22.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, of costs, net of reimbursements from our participating interest owner, associated with the development of our properties in Arkansas, excluding capitalized interest, which are included in capital expenditures for our Completion Fluids & Products Segment.

Capitalized Interest

We capitalize interest on significant expenditures for assets that require more than twelve months to prepare for their intended use. Capitalized interest is calculated based on our weighted average borrowing rate applied to accumulated expenditures on qualifying assets, including amortization of deferred financing costs and discounts. Interest capitalization ceases when the asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use. Capitalized interest is included in the carrying amount of the related assets and will be amortized over their respective useful lives once the assets are placed into service.

We capitalized interest attributed to cost capitalized for the development of our properties in Arkansas of approximately $2.0 million and $3.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $1.0 million and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. The average effective interest rate used for capitalization during the six months ended June 30, 2026 was 11.0%.

Foreign Currency Translation

We have designated the Euro, the British pound, the Canadian dollar and the Brazilian real as the functional currencies for our operations in Finland and Sweden, the United Kingdom, Canada and Brazil, respectively. The United States dollar is the designated functional currency for most of our other non-U.S. operations. The cumulative translation effects of translating the applicable accounts from the functional currencies into the United States dollar at current exchange rates are included as a separate component of equity. Foreign currency exchange (gains) losses are included in other expense (income), net and totaled $0.7 million and $(0.7) million during the three and
six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, and $(0.8) million and $8.1 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. Foreign currency exchange (gains) losses during the six months ended June 30, 2025 include recognition of a $9.5 million cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment loss, which was reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss due to the dissolution of our former subsidiary in Canada.

Fair Value Measurements

We utilize fair value measurements to account for certain items and account balances within our consolidated financial statements. Fair value measurements are utilized on a recurring basis in the determination of the carrying values of certain investments. See Note 7 - “Fair Value Measurements” for further discussion. Fair value measurements are also utilized on a nonrecurring basis in certain circumstances, including the impairment of long-lived assets (a Level 3 fair value measurement).

Discontinued Operations

In early 2018, we closed a series of related transactions that resulted in the disposition of our former Offshore segment. We may be required to satisfy certain decommissioning liabilities under third-party indemnity agreements and corporate guarantees for which costs may be significant. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we have accrued $7.4 million of decommissioning liability associated with our former Offshore segment for which costs might be above the value of surety bonds on properties previously disposed. Due to the inherent subjectivity of the assessments and unpredictability of the outcomes of any legal proceedings, any amounts estimated or accrued may not represent the ultimate loss to the Company. See Note 9 - “Discontinued Operations” and Note 11 - “Commitments and Contingencies” included in our 2025 Annual Report for additional discussion.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information is as follows:
Six Months Ended
June 30,
20262025
(in thousands)
Interest paid(1)
$5,253 $8,802 
Income taxes paid, net of refunds$11,587 $6,189 
(1) Interest paid is net of $3.9 million and $1.8 million of capitalized interest for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025, respectively.
June 30, 2026December 31, 2025
(in thousands)
Accrued capital expenditures$19,320 $7,849