Pumping Up Efficiency: Baker Hughes' DRA Technology Boosts Gulf Coast Pipeline Capacity

🛢️ A Multi-Year Contract for Offshore Energy Infrastructure

In a significant milestone for the U.S. energy sector, Baker Hughes, a global energy technology company, has acquired a significant contract from Genesis Energy.
The multi-year contract, booked during the second quarter, is to provide drag-reducing agents (DRAs) for two principal offshore oil pipelines supplying to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The combined deal is greater than product delivery; it involves state-of-the-art chemicals, support management services, and the novel deployment of the Leucipa™ automated field production solution to optimize pipeline performance.
This collaboration is a milestone step forward to guarantee the robustness and efficiency of the nation's energy supply chain.

⚙️ Confronting a Pivotal Challenge with Smart Technology

As America's energy requirements continue on their steady upswing, increasingly critical is it that midstream capacity is in a position to keep pace with production to prevent costly and disrupting bottlenecks.
Fortunately, a robust solution is emerging from technology.
By leveraging DRAs to greatly reduce friction between the crude and pipelines they transport, and by deploying AI for thinking its way ahead in the form of optimization, Genesis can significantly increase its capacity.
The introduction of Baker Hughes' DRAs and midstream solutions will substantially enhance the capacity of both Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline and Poseidon systems operated by Genesis Energy and owned 64%.
This, in turn, will enable better oil production as well as greater crude slate flexibility in the Gulf without the need for substantial, time-consuming, and costly investment in new infrastructure.

🧪 The Chemistry of Enhanced Pipeline Efficiency

Proprietary technology is central to these advanced chemical solutions that make this solution possible.
They are specially designed to dissolve in crude oil more efficiently, which makes them extremely effective on a wide range of types of crude oil, such as those along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Their flexibility within various temperature regimes, combined with their capacity for maintaining crude quality and their cutting-edge delivery systems, helps to greatly increase pipeline efficiency and allow for greater operation flexibility.
It's not merely about transporting more product; it's about doing so with a degree of precision and flexibility that has not existed before.

🏭 Meeting Demand with Strategic Expansion

In an active move to stay abreast of growing demand for these new products, Baker Hughes has strategically increased its chemicals manufacturing capacity in the US.
This is a principal element in ensuring a stable and consistent supply of high-quality DRAs to underpin this critical element of the country's offshore energy infrastructure.
The investment in the healthy supply chain demonstrates Baker Hughes's commitment to taking its position in helping the country in fulfilling its energy needs for the next decades.

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