Rental Compressor, Idle Compressor Rental Calculator for the Permian Basin

Free Tool · Idle Compressor Rental Calculator

Rent on iron
that isn’t running.
Keep it or send it?

See what stacked compressors cost you every month, what they’ve cost so far, and whether releasing them beats keeping them once demob and remob are counted.

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Per month
Rent paid on idle iron
Break-even
Months of rent vs. demob + remob
Keep or release
A plain answer, with the math

Idle Compressor Rental Calculator

Estimates are fine. Every result updates as you type.

Your Idle Units

units
On rent, but not compressing.
$ / month
months
months
Your best estimate.
$ per unit
Example only. Use your vendor’s quote.
$ per unit
To bring a unit back when you need it.

Idle units cost you

$0
a month · $0 a day · $0 so far
Releasing them saves
$0
Keep them
$0
rent until needed
Release them
$0
demob + remob
Break-even
0
months idle
Idle rent over a full year
Rent per idle unit, per day
Total if kept until needed (incl. so far)
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The difference$78,400
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. Keep them until needed$37,600 × 4 months$150,400
  3. Release them now, bring them back later8 units × ($4,500 demob + $4,500 remob)$72,000
  4. Releasing them saves$150,400 − $72,000$78,400
Keep them, rent until needed$150,400
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. Keep them until needed$37,600 × 4 months$150,400
Release them, demob + remob$72,000
  1. Release them now, bring them back later8 units × ($4,500 demob + $4,500 remob)$72,000
Break-even months1.9
  1. Break-even($4,500 + $4,500) ÷ $4,700 a month1.9
Idle units cost a month$37,600
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
Idle units cost a day$1,236
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. Idle units cost a day$37,600 × 12 ÷ 365$1,236
Spent idle so far$112,800
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. Spent idle so far$37,600 × 3 months$112,800
Idle rent a year$451,200
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. Idle rent a year$37,600 × 12$451,200
Per unit, per day$154.52
  1. Per unit, per day$4,700 × 12 ÷ 365$154.52
All-in if kept$263,200
  1. Idle units cost a month8 units × $4,700$37,600
  2. All-in if kept$37,600 × (3 months + 4 months)$263,200
orange a number you enteredgray result of an earlier stepSteps are rounded for display; totals use the exact numbers.

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How the numbers are calculated

A plain keep-or-release comparison. Contract terms and minimums can change it, so check yours.

Rent on idle iron

monthly = units × monthly rental

A day = monthly × 12 ÷ 365.

Cost to keep

keep = units × monthly rental × months until needed

Rent you will pay while the units sit.

Cost to release

release = units × (demob + remob)

Send them back now, bring units in when needed.

Break-even

months = (demob + remob) ÷ monthly rental

Idle longer than this and releasing wins.

Frequently asked questions

A rented unit that is set on location or parked but not compressing: shut in, waiting on a well, or left behind when volumes dropped. The rent keeps running whether the unit does or not.

When the rent you would pay while it sits is more than the cost of sending it back and bringing one in later. Divide demob plus remob by the monthly rental: that is the break-even in months.

Your vendor’s quote for each: disconnecting, loading, hauling and setting, plus any minimum-term or re-rental terms in the contract. The defaults on this page are examples, not quotes.

Usually not. A unit you shut in is not a unit the vendor let go down, so most contracts exclude it. That is why idle units need their own line in the record, separate from callouts.

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