NanoVapor

What NanoVapor does

NanoVapor is a privately held industrial technology company headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, focused on the management of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from stored hydrocarbons and chemicals. Its core offering is a portfolio of vapor suppression products centered on TankSafe, a proprietary non-toxic biodegradable molecular suppressant, deployed via patented hardware including the ST-1000 portable vapor suppression delivery system and the AV-3000 unit. The technology is positioned to reduce tank degassing time by up to 90% and to suppress evaporative emissions during storage, transfer, and maintenance operations.

The company sells into crude oil storage, refined product storage, chemical storage, marine, aviation, petrochemical, road paving, and natural gas processing end markets. Its commercial model combines direct sales to operators with channel partners — most notably Mourik Industries for the BENELUX region and Ecochlor for the global maritime segment — to extend geographic reach without building its own field-service organization. The product is consumable (suppressant chemistry) plus capital (delivery hardware), implying a mixed razor-and-blade revenue stream.

The company carries third-party validations that materially shape its addressable market: Lloyd's Register Type Approval for marine classified applications, ATEX Zone II Intrinsic Safety certification for hazardous-area deployment, and Shell Standard 08.18 endorsement. Major oil and gas logos including Shell, ExxonMobil, Mobil, and VARO Energy appear on its marketing materials, though no revenue attribution to specific customers is disclosed. Founded in 2005, NanoVapor operates with a small headcount of 1–10 employees, consistent with an asset-light specialty chemicals and engineering business that relies on partners for field execution.

Name

NanoVapor

Legal name

Nanovapor Refineries, Inc.

Website

https://nanovapor.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NanoVapor is a Texas-based industrial technology company that supplies chemistry-based vapor suppression systems (TankSafe suppressant and ST-1000/AV-3000 delivery hardware) to reduce VOC emissions from stored hydrocarbons, serving oil & gas, marine, aviation, petrochemical, and road-paving operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Emissions Control Equipment

NAICS

Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing (333413), Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (32519)

SIC

Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip (3564), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860), Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)

akta.pro primary industry

Emission Control & Scrubbing Equipment (Scrubbers, Dust Collectors, Catalytic Systems) (IMAHAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

pH Control, Antiscalants & Corrosion Inhibitors (IMAEAJAN)

Keywords

• Vapor suppression systems
• Industrial VOC management
• Tank degassing solutions
• Vapor absorption equipment
• Fugitive emissions control

Headquarters

HQ city

The Woodlands

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales — Suppression Delivery Units: Sale of patented portable suppression delivery units (ST-1000 for energy/marine, AV-3000 for aviation) and fixed VAS scrubber systems to industrial customers. Includes ancillary equipment (drop tubes, inlet adapters, ATEX ducting, vapor collection systems).
2. Consumable Suppressant Sales (TankSafe): Ongoing sales of the proprietary TankSafe biodegradable molecular suppressant as a consumable used during each degassing/inerting operation. Drives recurring revenue tied to operational usage volume.
3. Professional Services — Training and On-site Support: Optional two-day training package with classroom lessons, hands-on equipment familiarization, and live onsite practical training on the customer's own fuel storage tanks; plus worldwide technical support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

NanoVapor manufactures and supplies proprietary vapor suppression and absorption technologies, including a molecular liquid suppressant (TankSafe) and engineered delivery units, used to control volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from fuel and chemical storage tanks. The firm also delivers professional training and on-site support services to industrial operators across energy, marine, aviation, and petrochemical end markets.

Product overview

NanoVapor sells a single platform of patented vapor-management technologies organized around two technology pillars — Hydrocarbon Vapor Suppression and Vapor Absorption — together branded as the NanoVapor Zero Emissions solution. The Vapor Suppression pillar combines the proprietary TankSafe liquid molecular suppressant with patented delivery hardware: the Model ST-1000 unit for industrial/energy/marine/UST/AST/frac-tank/rail/barge use and the Model AV-3000 unit specialized for aviation fuel tanks. The Vapor Absorption pillar is delivered through the NanoVapor Absorption Unit (VAS), a fixed scrubber system for petrochemical and process-plant air-emissions control. Together, these products replace conventional nitrogen purging, water filling, dry-ice, activated carbon, and thermal oxidation with faster, residue-free, biodegradable alternatives that suppress VOCs and H2S without removing oxygen from the tank environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TankSafe: NanoVapor's proprietary, non-toxic, non-reactive, biodegradable liquid suppressant used with the ST-1000 delivery unit to gas-free storage tanks.
• ST-1000
• AV-3000
• VAS (NanoVapor Absorption Unit)

Products and services

• TankSafe Liquid Molecular Suppressant

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship strategic partner, flagship maritime channel partner, core enterprise partner / endorser, enterprise partner and engineering services partner.

• Mourik Industriesflagship strategic partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerMourik Industries and NanoVapor Inc. entered a technology and collaboration partnership agreement. Mourik represents NanoVapor's interests in the BENELUX region and co-develops customized vapor suppression systems for large Above Ground Storage Tanks and inland marine tank barges. Joint video case study produced.
• Ecochlorflagship maritime channel partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEcochlor, a global leader in marine ballast-water management technology, has an agreement with NanoVapor to introduce its vapor-suppression technology into the global maritime industry. Launched at Marintec China; extends NanoVapor's reach across the maritime vertical.
• Shellcore enterprise partner / endorserStrategic or Co-development PartnerShell Retail Engineering Network Standard 08.18 nominates NanoVapor suppression as best practice to gas-free underground petroleum storage tanks, displacing water filling, nitrogen purging, and dry-ice. Shell branding appears on the UST landing page and as a partner logo.
• ExxonMobilenterprise partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerExxonMobil is displayed as a partner/customer logo on the NanoVapor homepage ecosystem, indicating a commercial relationship within the energy vertical.
• VARO Energyenterprise partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerVARO Energy is listed as a partner/customer logo on the NanoVapor homepage ecosystem, indicating a commercial energy-sector relationship.
• AECOMengineering services partnerImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAECOM (global engineering firm) is displayed as a partner logo on NanoVapor's homepage, suggesting use in industrial / engineering project deployments.
• Artelia

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Dürr AG: Dürr's environmental technology business provides industrial air pollution control and VOC abatement systems to a broad industrial customer base, competing at a portfolio level with NanoVapor's VAS scrubber.
• Donaldson Company: Donaldson is a large diversified filtration and emissions control company serving industrial and engine applications, with overlapping vapor and gas-phase filtration technologies adjacent to NanoVapor's offerings.
• Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises: Babcock & Wilcox provides industrial environmental and steam generation solutions, including emissions and air quality control for energy and process industries broadly comparable to NanoVapor's industrial VOC and emissions focus.
• Atlas Copco: Atlas Copco's industrial air and gas solutions (compressors, blowers, and gas process equipment) are commonly used in industrial tank maintenance and air-purging workflows, making it an adjacent incumbent to NanoVapor's compressed-air-powered ST-1000 systems.
• John Zink Hamworthy Combustion (Koch): John Zink (Koch) is a global leader in combustion and emissions solutions for the energy and marine industries, addressing VOC and tank-vapor management at a broader portfolio level that intersects with NanoVapor's energy and marine degassing.

Direct peers

• Anguil Environmental Systems: Anguil supplies thermal and catalytic oxidizers, scrubbers, and air emissions control systems for industrial VOC abatement, competing head-to-head with NanoVapor's VAS as an alternative BACT option.
• Bionomic Industries: Bionomic Industries designs wet scrubber and air pollution control systems for industrial VOC and toxic gas capture, directly comparable to NanoVapor's VAS scrubber offering in petrochemical applications.
• Catalytic Products International: Catalytic Products International manufactures air pollution control equipment (thermal oxidizers, scrubbers, vapor recovery units) for industrial VOC abatement, overlapping with NanoVapor's petrochemical and tank-degassing use cases.
• CECO Environmental Corp: CECO Environmental provides industrial air pollution control and VOC abatement equipment, including vapor recovery and scrubber systems that overlap directly with NanoVapor's NanoVapor Absorption Unit (VAS) for petrochemical and process plant emissions.

Others

• Air Products and Chemicals: Air Products supplies industrial nitrogen used for tank inerting — the incumbent method that NanoVapor's oxygen-preserving suppression technology is designed to displace — making it a thematic adjacent player rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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