Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Supply, Demand and Key Producers, 2026-2032
Description
The global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market size is expected to reach $ 2188 million by 2032, rising at a market growth of 2.4% CAGR during the forecast period (2026-2032).
In 2024, global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production reached approximately 2200 units, with an average global market price of around US$ 800000 per unit. API 618 Reciprocating Compressor is a kind of Reciprocating Compressor according to API Standard 618 and used for petroleum, chemical and gas industry services. The gross profit margin for API 618 reciprocating compressors typically falls within a range of 15% to 35%.A typical dedicated production line for large API 618 reciprocating compressors has an average annual capacity of approximately 15 to 30 complete compressor units.
The global market for API 618 reciprocating compressors occupies a specialized, high-value niche within the industrial compressor landscape, characterized by its unwavering focus on reliability, safety, and performance in the most demanding applications. Primarily driven by the oil and gas industry—including upstream gas injection and lift, midstream gas transmission and storage, and downstream refinery and petrochemical processes—these compressors are the equipment of choice for handling high-pressure, hazardous, or valuable gases where failure is not an option. The market is dominated by a handful of established international players, such as Ariel Corporation, Burckhardt Compression, Siemens Energy, and Howden, who compete not merely on price but on technological prowess, engineering expertise, proven reliability, and the comprehensive lifecycle support that the stringent API 618 standard implies. Key challenges include the high initial capital expenditure, long lead times for engineering and manufacturing, and competition from centrifugal compressors in certain duty ranges. However, the market demonstrates resilience and growth potential, fueled by emerging opportunities in hydrogen (both blue and green) transportation and storage, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects, and the ongoing need for maintenance, revamps, and aftermarket services in existing industrial infrastructure, ensuring its continued relevance as an essential enabler for critical energy and industrial processes worldwide. The API 618 Reciprocating Compressor industry chain is a sophisticated and extended network that transforms raw materials into highly engineered, mission-critical systems, followed by a vital long-term service phase. It begins with upstream raw material and component suppliers providing specialty steels, castings, forgings, advanced sealing materials, precision bearings, and high-performance motors. These inputs feed into the core midstream sector, dominated by a few specialized OEMs (e.g., Ariel, Burckhardt Compression, Howden), who are responsible for the intricate design, engineering (including mandatory pulsation and torsional vibration analysis), precision machining, assembly, and rigorous testing of the compressor frames, cylinders, and crankshafts. These OEMs then integrate their core units with ancillary systems—such as pulsation bottles, coolers, lube oil consoles, and control panels—often sourced from dedicated subsystem manufacturers, to create a complete, skid-mounted package. The downstream segment encompasses direct sales to end-users in oil & gas, petrochemicals, and chemical industries, as well as EPC contractors for large-scale projects. Finally, a critical and highly profitable aftermarket ecosystem forms the chain's enduring tail, consisting of OEMs and third-party service providers offering spare parts, field service, maintenance contracts, repairs, and upgrades, which ensures the compressor's operational integrity and performance over its decades-long lifecycle, ultimately tying the entire chain back to the end-user's continuous operations.
This report studies the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for API 618 Reciprocating Compressor and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2025 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of API 618 Reciprocating Compressor that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Highlights and key features of the study
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor total production and demand, 2021-2032, (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor total production value, 2021-2032, (USD Million)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by region & country, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units), (based on production site)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor consumption by region & country, CAGR, 2021-2032 & (Units)
U.S. VS China: API 618 Reciprocating Compressor domestic production, consumption, key domestic manufacturers and share
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by manufacturer, production, price, value and market share 2021-2026, (USD Million) & (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by Type, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by Application, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units)
This report profiles key players in the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market based on the following parameters - company overview, production, value, price, gross margin, product portfolio, geographical presence, and key developments. Key companies covered as a part of this study include Dresser-Brand, GE, Neuman & Esser, Shenyang Yuanda, Kobelco, Howden, Shenyang Blower, Burckhardt Compression, etc.
This report also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approvals.
Stakeholders would have ease in decision-making through various strategy matrices used in analyzing the World API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market
Detailed Segmentation:
Each section contains quantitative market data including market by value (US$ Millions), volume (production, consumption) & (Units) and average price (K US$/Unit) by manufacturer, by Type, and by Application. Data is given for the years 2021-2032 by year with 2025 as the base year, 2026 as the estimate year, and 2027-2032 as the forecast year.
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, By Region:
United States
China
Europe
Japan
South Korea
ASEAN
India
Rest of World
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Type:
Horizontal API 618 Reciprocating Compressor
Vertical API 618 Reciprocating Compressor
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Piston Arrangement:
Single-Acting
Double-Acting
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Cooling Method:
Air-Cooled
Water-Cooled
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Application:
Refinery
Petrochemical and Chemical
Gas Transport and Storage
Others
Companies Profiled:
Dresser-Brand
GE
Neuman & Esser
Shenyang Yuanda
Kobelco
Howden
Shenyang Blower
Burckhardt Compression
Key Questions Answered:
1. How big is the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
2. What is the demand of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
3. What is the year over year growth of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
4. What is the production and production value of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
5. Who are the key producers in the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
6. What are the growth factors driving the market demand?
In 2024, global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production reached approximately 2200 units, with an average global market price of around US$ 800000 per unit. API 618 Reciprocating Compressor is a kind of Reciprocating Compressor according to API Standard 618 and used for petroleum, chemical and gas industry services. The gross profit margin for API 618 reciprocating compressors typically falls within a range of 15% to 35%.A typical dedicated production line for large API 618 reciprocating compressors has an average annual capacity of approximately 15 to 30 complete compressor units.
The global market for API 618 reciprocating compressors occupies a specialized, high-value niche within the industrial compressor landscape, characterized by its unwavering focus on reliability, safety, and performance in the most demanding applications. Primarily driven by the oil and gas industry—including upstream gas injection and lift, midstream gas transmission and storage, and downstream refinery and petrochemical processes—these compressors are the equipment of choice for handling high-pressure, hazardous, or valuable gases where failure is not an option. The market is dominated by a handful of established international players, such as Ariel Corporation, Burckhardt Compression, Siemens Energy, and Howden, who compete not merely on price but on technological prowess, engineering expertise, proven reliability, and the comprehensive lifecycle support that the stringent API 618 standard implies. Key challenges include the high initial capital expenditure, long lead times for engineering and manufacturing, and competition from centrifugal compressors in certain duty ranges. However, the market demonstrates resilience and growth potential, fueled by emerging opportunities in hydrogen (both blue and green) transportation and storage, carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects, and the ongoing need for maintenance, revamps, and aftermarket services in existing industrial infrastructure, ensuring its continued relevance as an essential enabler for critical energy and industrial processes worldwide. The API 618 Reciprocating Compressor industry chain is a sophisticated and extended network that transforms raw materials into highly engineered, mission-critical systems, followed by a vital long-term service phase. It begins with upstream raw material and component suppliers providing specialty steels, castings, forgings, advanced sealing materials, precision bearings, and high-performance motors. These inputs feed into the core midstream sector, dominated by a few specialized OEMs (e.g., Ariel, Burckhardt Compression, Howden), who are responsible for the intricate design, engineering (including mandatory pulsation and torsional vibration analysis), precision machining, assembly, and rigorous testing of the compressor frames, cylinders, and crankshafts. These OEMs then integrate their core units with ancillary systems—such as pulsation bottles, coolers, lube oil consoles, and control panels—often sourced from dedicated subsystem manufacturers, to create a complete, skid-mounted package. The downstream segment encompasses direct sales to end-users in oil & gas, petrochemicals, and chemical industries, as well as EPC contractors for large-scale projects. Finally, a critical and highly profitable aftermarket ecosystem forms the chain's enduring tail, consisting of OEMs and third-party service providers offering spare parts, field service, maintenance contracts, repairs, and upgrades, which ensures the compressor's operational integrity and performance over its decades-long lifecycle, ultimately tying the entire chain back to the end-user's continuous operations.
This report studies the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production, demand, key manufacturers, and key regions.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the world market for API 618 Reciprocating Compressor and provides market size (US$ million) and Year-over-Year (YoY) Growth, considering 2025 as the base year. This report explores demand trends and competition, as well as details the characteristics of API 618 Reciprocating Compressor that contribute to its increasing demand across many markets.
Highlights and key features of the study
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor total production and demand, 2021-2032, (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor total production value, 2021-2032, (USD Million)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by region & country, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units), (based on production site)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor consumption by region & country, CAGR, 2021-2032 & (Units)
U.S. VS China: API 618 Reciprocating Compressor domestic production, consumption, key domestic manufacturers and share
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by manufacturer, production, price, value and market share 2021-2026, (USD Million) & (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by Type, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units)
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor production by Application, production, value, CAGR, 2021-2032, (USD Million) & (Units)
This report profiles key players in the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market based on the following parameters - company overview, production, value, price, gross margin, product portfolio, geographical presence, and key developments. Key companies covered as a part of this study include Dresser-Brand, GE, Neuman & Esser, Shenyang Yuanda, Kobelco, Howden, Shenyang Blower, Burckhardt Compression, etc.
This report also provides key insights about market drivers, restraints, opportunities, new product launches or approvals.
Stakeholders would have ease in decision-making through various strategy matrices used in analyzing the World API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market
Detailed Segmentation:
Each section contains quantitative market data including market by value (US$ Millions), volume (production, consumption) & (Units) and average price (K US$/Unit) by manufacturer, by Type, and by Application. Data is given for the years 2021-2032 by year with 2025 as the base year, 2026 as the estimate year, and 2027-2032 as the forecast year.
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, By Region:
United States
China
Europe
Japan
South Korea
ASEAN
India
Rest of World
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Type:
Horizontal API 618 Reciprocating Compressor
Vertical API 618 Reciprocating Compressor
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Piston Arrangement:
Single-Acting
Double-Acting
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Cooling Method:
Air-Cooled
Water-Cooled
Global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor Market, Segmentation by Application:
Refinery
Petrochemical and Chemical
Gas Transport and Storage
Others
Companies Profiled:
Dresser-Brand
GE
Neuman & Esser
Shenyang Yuanda
Kobelco
Howden
Shenyang Blower
Burckhardt Compression
Key Questions Answered:
1. How big is the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
2. What is the demand of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
3. What is the year over year growth of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
4. What is the production and production value of the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
5. Who are the key producers in the global API 618 Reciprocating Compressor market?
6. What are the growth factors driving the market demand?
Table of Contents
103 Pages
- 1 Supply Summary
- 2 Demand Summary
- 3 World Manufacturers Competitive Analysis
- 4 United States VS China VS Rest of the World
- 5 Market Analysis by Type
- 6 Market Analysis by Piston Arrangement
- 7 Market Analysis by Cooling Method
- 8 Market Analysis by Application
- 9 Company Profiles
- 10 Industry Chain Analysis
- 11 Research Findings and Conclusion
- 12 Appendix
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