PUBLISHER: TechNavio | PRODUCT CODE: 2030497
PUBLISHER: TechNavio | PRODUCT CODE: 2030497
Global Drag Reducing Agent Market 2026-2030
The global drag reducing agent market is forecasted to grow by USD 328.2 mn during 2025-2030, accelerating at a CAGR of 5.2% during the forecast period. The report on the global drag reducing agent market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.
The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by expansion of global pipeline infrastructure and capacity enhancement, optimization of operational expenditure and pumping energy efficiency, advancements in heavy crude transport and specialty chemical applications.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.
| Market Scope | |
|---|---|
| Base Year | 2025 |
| End Year | 2030 |
| Series Year | 2026-2030 |
| Growth Momentum | Accelerate |
| YOY 2026 | 5.1% |
| CAGR | 5.2% |
| Incremental Value | $328.2 mn |
Technavio's global drag reducing agent market is segmented as below:
By Application
- Crude oil
- Chemical transportation
- Others
By Product
- Polymer
- Surfactant
- Others
By End-User
- Petrochemicals
- Industrial manufacturing
- Mining
- Agriculture
Geography
- North America
- US
- Canada
- Mexico
- APAC
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- Australia
- Europe
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Russia
- Middle East and Africa
- UAE
- Turkey
- Qatar
- South America
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Argentina
- Chile
- Peru
- Rest of World (ROW)
This study identifies the integration of real-time digital monitoring and automated injection systems as one of the prime reasons driving the global drag reducing agent market growth during the next few years. Also, transition toward biodegradable and sustainable polymer formulations and strategic focus on heavy crude transport and multiphase flow optimization will lead to sizable demand in the market.
The report on the global drag reducing agent market covers the following areas:
- Global drag reducing agent market sizing
- Global drag reducing agent market forecast
- Global drag reducing agent market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading global drag reducing agent market vendors that include Arkema Group, Baker Hughes Co., BASF SE, China National Petroleum Corp., Clariant International Ltd., Deshi Energy Technology Group, Dorf Ketal Chemicals Ltd., Evonik Industries AG, Flowchem, Halliburton Co., Imperial Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., Infineum International Ltd., Innospec Inc., Kemira Oyj, LiquidPower Specialty Products, NuGenTec, Oil Flux Americas LLC, Schlumberger Ltd., SNF Group, The Lubrizol Corp.. Also, the global drag reducing agent market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.
The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Application
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Product
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by End-user
- Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Chart on Company Market Positioning
2 Technavio Analysis
- 2.1 Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- 2.2 Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 2.3 Factors of disruption
- 2.4 Impact of drivers and challenges
3 Market Landscape
- 3.1 Market ecosystem
- 3.2 Market characteristics
- 3.3 Value chain analysis
4 Market Sizing
- 4.1 Market definition
- 4.2 Market segment analysis
- Market segments
- 4.3 Market size 2025
- 4.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2025-2030
5 Historic Market Size
- 5.1 Global Drag Reducing Agent Market 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global Drag Reducing Agent Market 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.2 Application segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Application Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.3 Product segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Product Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.4 End-user segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - End-user Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.5 Geography segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Geography Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.6 Country segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Country Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
6 Qualitative Analysis
- 6.1 Impact of AI on global drag reducing agent market
- 6.2 Impact of geopolitical conflict on global drag reducing agent market
7 Five Forces Analysis
- 7.1 Five forces summary
- Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2025 and 2030
- 7.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2025 and 2030
- 7.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.4 Threat of new entrants
- Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.5 Threat of substitutes
- Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.6 Threat of rivalry
- Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.7 Market condition
8 Market Segmentation by Application
- 8.1 Market segments
- 8.2 Comparison by Application
- 8.3 Crude oil - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.4 Chemical transportation - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.5 Others - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.6 Market opportunity by Application
- Market opportunity by Application ($ million)
9 Market Segmentation by Product
- 9.1 Market segments
- 9.2 Comparison by Product
- 9.3 Polymer - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.4 Surfactant - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.5 Others - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.6 Market opportunity by Product
- Market opportunity by Product ($ million)
10 Market Segmentation by End-user
- 10.1 Market segments
- 10.2 Comparison by End-user
- 10.3 Petrochemicals - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.4 Industrial manufacturing - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.5 Mining - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.6 Agriculture - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.7 Market opportunity by End-user
- Market opportunity by End-user ($ million)
11 Customer Landscape
- 11.1 Customer landscape overview
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
12 Geographic Landscape
- 12.1 Geographic segmentation
- 12.2 Geographic comparison
- 12.3 North America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.1 US - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.2 Canada - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.3 Mexico - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4 APAC - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.1 China - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.2 India - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.3 Japan - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.4 South Korea - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.5 Australia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5 Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.1 Germany - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.2 UK - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.3 France - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.4 Italy - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.5 Russia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.1 Saudi Arabia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.2 UAE - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.3 Iraq - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.4 Turkey - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.5 Qatar - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7 South America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.1 Brazil - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.2 Colombia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.3 Argentina - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.4 Chile - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.5 Peru - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.8 Market opportunity by geography
- Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
- Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
13 Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity
- 13.1 Market drivers
- Expansion of global pipeline infrastructure and capacity enhancement
- Optimization of operational expenditure and pumping energy efficiency
- Advancements in heavy crude transport and specialty chemical applications
- 13.2 Market challenges
- Sensitivity to high shear stress and mechanical polymer degradation
- Rigid environmental regulations and sustainability compliance
- Volatility in raw material costs and supply chain dependencies
- 13.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030
- 13.4 Market opportunities
- Integration of real-time digital monitoring and automated injection systems
- Transition toward biodegradable and sustainable polymer formulations
- Strategic focus on heavy crude transport and multiphase flow optimization
14 Competitive Landscape
- 14.1 Overview
- 14.2 Competitive Landscape
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
- 14.3 Landscape disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
- 14.4 Industry risks
- Impact of key risks on business
15 Competitive Analysis
- 15.1 Companies profiled
- Companies covered
- 15.2 Company ranking index
- Company ranking index
- 15.3 Market positioning of companies
- Matrix on companies position and classification
- 15.4 Arkema Group
- Arkema Group - Overview
- Arkema Group - Business segments
- Arkema Group - Key offerings
- Arkema Group - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.5 Baker Hughes Co.
- Baker Hughes Co. - Overview
- Baker Hughes Co. - Business segments
- Baker Hughes Co. - Key offerings
- Baker Hughes Co. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.6 BASF SE
- BASF SE - Overview
- BASF SE - Business segments
- BASF SE - Key news
- BASF SE - Key offerings
- BASF SE - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.7 China National Petroleum Corp.
- China National Petroleum Corp. - Overview
- China National Petroleum Corp. - Product / Service
- China National Petroleum Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.8 Deshi Energy Technology Group
- Deshi Energy Technology Group - Overview
- Deshi Energy Technology Group - Product / Service
- Deshi Energy Technology Group - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.9 Dorf Ketal Chemicals Ltd.
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals Ltd. - Overview
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals Ltd. - Product / Service
- Dorf Ketal Chemicals Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.10 Evonik Industries AG
- Evonik Industries AG - Overview
- Evonik Industries AG - Business segments
- Evonik Industries AG - Key offerings
- Evonik Industries AG - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.11 Halliburton Co.
- Halliburton Co. - Overview
- Halliburton Co. - Business segments
- Halliburton Co. - Key news
- Halliburton Co. - Key offerings
- Halliburton Co. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.12 Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.
- Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. - Overview
- Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. - Business segments
- Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. - Key offerings
- Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.13 Infineum International Ltd.
- Infineum International Ltd. - Overview
- Infineum International Ltd. - Product / Service
- Infineum International Ltd. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.14 Innospec Inc.
- Innospec Inc. - Overview
- Innospec Inc. - Business segments
- Innospec Inc. - Key offerings
- Innospec Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.15 Kemira Oyj
- Kemira Oyj - Overview
- Kemira Oyj - Business segments
- Kemira Oyj - Key offerings
- Kemira Oyj - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.16 Schlumberger Ltd.
- Schlumberger Ltd. - Overview
- Schlumberger Ltd. - Business segments
- Schlumberger Ltd. - Key news
- Schlumberger Ltd. - Key offerings
- Schlumberger Ltd. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.17 SNF Group
- SNF Group - Overview
- SNF Group - Product / Service
- SNF Group - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.18 The Lubrizol Corp.
- The Lubrizol Corp. - Overview
- The Lubrizol Corp. - Product / Service
- The Lubrizol Corp. - Key offerings
- SWOT
16 Appendix
- 16.1 Scope of the report
- Market definition
- Objectives
- Notes and caveats
- 16.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Inclusions checklist
- Exclusions checklist
- 16.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Currency conversion rates for US$
- 16.4 Research methodology
- Research methodology
- 16.5 Data procurement
- Information sources
- 16.6 Data validation
- Data validation
- 16.7 Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- 16.8 Data synthesis
- Data synthesis
- 16.9 360 degree market analysis
- 360 degree market analysis
- 16.10 List of abbreviations
- List of abbreviations
