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    <periodOfReport>2022-02-03</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>true</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001449488</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CSI Compressco LP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CCLP</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001660437</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>McNiven Roy</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1735 HUGHES LANDING BLVD STE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>THE WOODLANDS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77380</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP, Operations</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-02-03</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4423.00</value>
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                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>169587.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1076.00</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>1.41</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>168511.00</value>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents dividend equivalent rights accrued on the reporting person's phantom units granted on February 21, 2019, February 22, 2020 and February 19, 2021 pursuant to the CSI Compressco LP Second Amended and Restated 2011 Long Term Incentive Plan and that were settled proportionately with the award to which they relate. Each dividend equivalent right is the economic equivalent of one Common Unit representing limited partner interests in CSI Compressco LP and may be settled only in Common Units representing limited partner interests in CSI Compressco LP.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects units surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of the dividend equivalent rights accrued on the February 21, 2019, February 22, 2020 and February 19, 2021 phantom unit awards.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jonathan W. Byers, Attorney-in-Fact for McNiven Roy E</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
