Unlocking capacity in NGL pipelines

Fluid Efficiency has developed a patented removable drag-reducing technology designed to help natural gas liquids operators move more product through existing infrastructure, while addressing the downstream contamination risks that have prevented conventional DRAs from being used in NGL service.

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Removeable Drag Reduction

More Capacity from Existing Assets

Built for NGL Service

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Why Fluid Efficiency?

Fluid Efficiency is focused on one of the midstream industry’s unsolved operating challenges: enabling drag reduction in natural gas liquids pipelines without creating downstream contamination or fractionator fouling risk.
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Conventional drag reducers are widely used in crude oil and refined-products pipelines, but NGL service has remained largely inaccessible because the polymer must not carry into downstream processing. Fluid Efficiency’s removable drag-reducing technology is designed to close that gap, combining pipeline drag reduction with a proprietary removal approach.

By helping operators increase throughput through existing infrastructure, Fluid Efficiency offers a practical route to capacity relief, improved operating flexibility, and lower energy intensity per barrel moved.

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Built for the NGL pipeline challenge

Natural gas liquids pipelines need more capacity, but conventional drag reducers can create downstream contamination and fractionator fouling risk. Fluid Efficiency’s removable drag-reducing technology is designed to reduce pipeline drag and enable downstream removal before sensitive processing equipment.Natural gas liquids pipelines need the same throughput advantages that drag reducers already provide in crude oil and refined-products service, but NGL systems create a harder technical problem. Any polymer that carries downstream can contaminate product streams, accumulate in fractionators, and create operational risk.

Pipeline drag reduction

Engineered to reduce frictional pressure losses and help operators move more product through existing NGL pipeline infrastructure.

Downstream removal

Designed around a proprietary removal system that addresses the contamination and fouling concerns that have limited conventional DRA use in NGL service.

Asset-light capacity relief

Helps operators improve capacity and flexibility without relying solely on new pipeline construction or major infrastructure expansion.
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Delivering Excellence on Every Front

Discover the multifaceted benefits of our cutting-edge MSM technology.

Highly Reliable

Built to survive shear points and degradation in long lines for maintained efficacy.

Safe

With fewer injection sites, there are fewer deliveries and less opportunities for spills and accidents.

Environmentally Conscious

No impact on storage or refinery processes ensures you’re in compliance, always.
Technology
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Single Injection Flow Improvers

MSMs offer a single-injection solution for pipeline flow, significantly reducing costs and re-injection needs compared to traditional flow improvers. These innovative materials are effective in refined products, light, medium, and heavy crudes and maintain stability under real-world pipeline conditions, enhancing throughput and efficiency.

Fuel Safety (Mist Control)

Lubricants & Viscosity Index Improvers

Drilling Fluids

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Advancing Removable DRA for NGL Pipelines

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Removable DRA for NGL Pipelines

Developing removable drag-reducing technology to help unlock capacity in natural gas liquids pipelines.

Apr 13, 2018

Fluid Efficiency Registers MegaSupraMolecules as Fuel Additives

Fluid Efficiency has successfully registered its MegaSupraMolecules™ (MSMs) for use as additives in gasoline and diesel fuels in the United States.

Sep 14, 2017

Fluid Efficiency Featured in Oil & Gas Facilities

Oil & Gas Facilities, a publication of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, wrote about the potential of MegaSupreMolecules as drag reducing agents in pipelines.

Sep 14, 2017

Fluid Efficiency Receives Seed Financing from Rhapsody Venture Partners

Dec 7, 2023

EIC Rose Rock Investment Aims To Improve The Efficiency Of Midstream Assets

TULSA, Okla., Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EIC Rose Rock, an early-stage VC fund focused on energy technologies, today announced its direct investment into Fluid Efficiency, a California Institute of Technology-originated start-up that has developed polymer materials that increase the efficiency of midstream assets by reducing the energy required to pump fluids across long distances.

May 8, 2024

Fluid Efficiency Appoints New Board Members After Series A Round

Fluid Efficiency has added three new board members joining the existing members Simon Jones and Jason Whaley.

Jun 17, 2024

Cortado Ventures invests in energy tech startup Fluid Efficiency

Cortado Ventures has invested in fluid dynamics technology company Fluid Efficiency, which has developed MegaSupraMolecules™ (MSM™) engineered to make fuels safer, improve the performance of lubricants and make fluids easier to move through pipelines.