North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market - Forecast(2023 - 2028)

North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market is analysed to grow at a CAGR of 3.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026 to reach $314.5 million by 2026. Rising rate of investments towards oil & gas projects along with stringent government regulations or policies for industrial safety have been acting as the major factors attributing to the market growth. Moreover, increase in investments related to upgradation or replacement of equipment for fire safety overtime along with growing number of fire explosion incidents across various end-use industries is also analysed to drive the growth of flame arrestors during the forecast period 2021-2026. Since major industries like oil & gas refineries, power generation plants, chemicals with others have been considered as some of the highly growing industries within U.S as well as several European countries overtime, which makes it one of the crucial factors in the growth of such flame arrestors.

The report: “North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market Outlook – Forecast (2021-2026)”, by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor industry.

 

By Type: End of Line Deflagration (Group B, Group C, Group D), Inline Deflagration (Low/Medium Pressure (Group B, Group C, Group D), High Pressure (Group B, Group C, Group D)), In Line Detonation (Group B, Group C, Group D)

By Component: Arrestor Disc/Filter, Spacer, Housing/Casing, Connections, Others

By Gas Explosion Group: IIA, IIB, IIC

By Element Style: Fixed, Replaceable

By Application: Storage Tanks, Pipeline, Ventilation System, Treatment Systems, Incinerator, Burners and Combustion systems, Mixing and Processing Systems, Others

By End User: Chemical, Oil and Gas (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream), Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Marine, Water and Wastewater, Metal and Mining, Others

By Geography: North America (U.S, Canada, Mexico) and Europe (U.K, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Norway, Others)

In Line deflagration type had dominated the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market with $123.45 million in 2020 and is analysed to grow with the highest CAGR of 4.2% during the forecast period 2021-2026. In Line deflagration flame arrestors are those designed for confined flame propagation, capable of offering high bi-directional flame arresting capacity as compared to end of line arrestors, eventually gaining wide popularity for installation between pipelines or vents. Additionally, due to mitigating fire safety related concerns along with several hazardous environments which generate highly volatile chemicals or compounds during production activities, these arrestors have started gaining wide popularity across varied end-use markets. Due to its capability of serving variability in low pressure, mid as well as high pressure conditions, the demand towards efficient as well as reliable flame trapping equipment becomes highly essential to handle out high speed and explosive flame deflagrations. In September 2020, an Aager brand named Storagetech had revealed about its contract regarding supply of about 18 ATEX certified custom-made 110 bar high pressure in-line deflagration flame arrestors to Russia’s GazProm Transmission Gas pipeline project, in Novi Sad, Serbia under collaboration with UAB Altus LT. Additionally, factors like product advancements by various market vendors, rise in expansion projects particularly for oil & gas pipelines, chemical or petrochemical facilities overtime along with many others are also analyzed to drive the market forward in the forecast period 2021-2026.

By application type, the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market is segmented under storage tanks, pipeline, ventilation systems, mixing or processing systems, treatment systems, incinerators, burners and combustion systems with others. Storage Tanks had dominated the flame arrestor market with a value of $85.4 million in 2020, and is further anticipated to grow at a rate of 2.1% during the forecast period 2021-2026. With higher adoption of storage tanks across major industries including petrochemicals, water and wastewater treatment, oil refineries with others, the need for safe storage along with reducing fire ignition or explosion threats have been playing a crucial role in the market growth of flame arrestor. Water treatment processes generally involve usage of varied types of high-end volatile chemicals within storage tanks in order to make water fit for drinking. Owing to such treatment procedure, the water storage tank containers can eventually cause safety concerns in the long-term, due to mixing of hazardous and volatile chemical substances used during water purification, causing severe threats and explosion issues. For such purpose, water treatment plants have started highly focusing on installation of fire detection equipment on the tank outlets, thus ensuring optimum industrial safety standards. In December 2020, an incident of storage tank explosion within a petroleum facility in Texas was reported injuring about seven contractors with four in critical state. In July 2020, McDermott International Ltd. announced about CB&I Storage Solutions receiving a contract related to installation of fourteen tanks within Burnaby, British Columbia, as a part of Trans Mountain Expansion Project. Such projects related to storage tanks along with explosion incidents are set to further drive are further set to positively impact the need towards flame arrestor as a part of safety concern to curb level of fire accidents in the forecast period.

North America had accounted for the highest market value of $164.4 Million in 2020, and is analysed to grow at the highest CAGR of 3.2% in the Flame Arrestor market during the forecast period 2021-2026. Factors including rising rate of establishing infrastructures of major industry verticals like oil and gas, petrochemicals and so on, along with stringent regulatory compliance to promote industrial work safety are some of the major factors attributing towards the growth of flame arrestors. Moreover, R&D investments from some of the key market vendors such as Groth Corporation and others, along with rise of manufacturing operations have also helped in retaining the market growth of flame arrestors across the region. Growing rate of industrial fire explosion incidents across hazardous environments as well as periodic inspection of plants owing to fire safety norms will be further aiding the demand towards flame arrestors in the long run across the region. In December 2020, an U.S oil & gas major giant, named ExxonMobil had revealed about its plans of investing over $240 million within its Baton Rouge Refinery. This investment will be aimed at boosting refinery’s processing capability, enhance flexibility to cope up with growing market demands as well as advance its overall competitiveness within the state. Such development projects are further set to drive the need for varied flame extinguishing equipment like flame arrestors during the forecast period 2021-2026.

Rising rate of investments towards oil and gas projects can be considered as one of the major driving factors boosting the growth of flame arrestors. Due to its highly critical as well as hazardous industrial environment, oil & gas industry serve as a major end-user incorporating fire extinguishing equipment like flame arrestors. Production facilities related to oil & gas extraction, processing, refining and so on utilizes a broad range of hazardous, combustible as well as volatile compounds or chemicals, which adversely impact the industrial safety, thus creating higher adoption of flame arrestors. Pipeline systems used in oil & gas transportation are usually prone to high temperature, pressure and vibrations repeatedly, creating adverse impact on valves, fittings and related components. Due to this continuous and repeated operation across critical environments, there can be spill or leakage issues owing to prolonged wear and tear, causing fire related accidents or deaths, thus boosting the installation of flame arrestors.In October 2020, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association had revealed about its plans regarding expansion project of NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd., to be scheduled for 2021 under approval from Government of Canada. This pipeline expansion was meant to act as an initiative towards providing larger access to natural gas from Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin across domestic and U.S markets. In January 2021, the German Government had granted the permission to resume work on the establishment of a natural gas pipeline in Russia, named Nord Stream 2 project. Since pipelines are used for transportation of high amount of oils or gases under high temperature or pressure conditions, contributing towards severe threats owing to fuel combustion, these infrastructural projects are further set to create a positive impact in the market growth of flame arrestors during the forecast period 2021-2026.

Stringent government regulations/policies regarding industrial safety act as a major driver for boosting the growth towards the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market. Major industry verticals including oil & gas, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, mining and so on offer a hazardous environment owing to use of volatile and combustible materials under high temperature or pressure conditions, leading to flame ignition at times. In response to fire explosion incident threats pertaining across these industries, various governmental bodies had implemented safety norms or set standards making it mandatory as a part of reducing industrial hazards, thus impacting the growth of fire explosion safety equipment.Moreover, these industries are required to comply with industrial safety regulatory norms as defined by government organizations namely, International Electrotechnical Commission, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization and U.S Coast Guard with many others. As a part of regulatory compliance, it becomes mandatory for such end-use industries to install efficient hazardous fire control systems be it safety valves, flame arrestors and so on, thus positively impacting its market growth over the years. Additionally, owing to the guidelines set by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) related to industrial safety within chemical industries, the manufacturing plants are bound to comply with fire safety regulations. As there is generation of varied kind of volatile and harmful obnoxious gases, there are high chances of fire explosion occurrence due to mixing of flammable substances, thereby making it mandatory to deploy different fire protection systems/devices. Such strictly mandated regulatory policies/norms have been eventually propelling the demand for the flame arrestors.

High capital investments regarding manufacturing, installation and maintenance of flame arrestors act as one of the major challenges impeding the market growth. With major adoption across chemicals, power generation, waste water treatment and many others, there is need towards efficient, reliable and robust flame arrestors, which can efficiently serve the fire hazards at such large sized industrial plants. Since these flame arrestors are used across several highly critical environments, level of damages or defects becomes higher, thereby demanding regular or periodic maintenance and repair services in the long term. Owing to use in these environments, the device components gets chocked or blocked due to being subjected to dust, dirt, sticky particles and so on, raising the bar for fire explosion related concerns. In order to avoid improper functioning as well as ensure reduced fire explosion incidents, the need for maintenance or repair overtime becomes highly essential, thus adding to the overall operational costs for the production facilities. As these flame arrestors need to withstand high temperature, pressure or vibrational conditions, there is requirement of materials capable of avoiding solidification during flame ignition, thus making it comparitively expensive. However, usage of such materials can help in long-term by extending the equipment lifespan, while its associated high manufacturing expenses impact adversely affecting its market growth. 

Product launches, acquisitions, and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market. The key players in the North America And Europe Flame Arrestor Market include ProtegoBraunschweiger Flammenfilter, Elmac Technologies, Emerson, D-KTC Fluid Control, Morrison Bros, WITT-Gasetechnik, Aager Gmbh (Ergil), Continental Disc (Groth Corporation), Motherwell Tank Protection among others.