The computation of the compressor components failure and maintenance characteristics as related to the major parts are described in this research. The research projected the root cause of the compressor components failure as well as projected the necessary measure to reduce such occurrence in the gas compressor operation. The parameters of the Mean time between failure, failure rate, downtime maintenance, reliability, unreliability, and availability were commutated respect to the number of failures of each compressor component per year. The research revealed that increase in unreliability of each compressor component was experienced with increase in sampling years from 2016 to 2020. This increase in unreliability will increase the cost of operational maintenance of the plant as well as reduce the rate of production and the performance of the system. The research further revealed that failure of some component induces the performance of another component and some cases causes the other component to fail as well. The computation also, shows the trend in which the component investigated failed and the value of each component characteristics in terms of evaluated values. The compressor components considered in the investigation include reciprocating gas compressors’ ‘O’ rings, valve, piston, crankshaft, cylinder and seal. The research has shown that lack of adequate maintenance as well as over loading the operation units of the plant not in recommendation to the operational may be the cause on failures of the component of the gas reciprocating compressor components

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