An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine having a rotatable turbomachinery that includes a compressor and turbine, the gas turbine engine also having a combustor structured to mix a fuel with a compressed working fluid received from the compressor and combust the mixture, the gas turbine engine having a mechanical device that includes a utility working fluid receiving portion; a conduit carrying the utility working fluid and in fluid communication with the mechanical device; a utility working fluid flow splitter having a circular cross sectional shape configured to receive the utility working fluid from the conduit and structured to receive the utility working fluid flowing in a bulk fluid direction and direct the utility working fluid into a first split passage and a second split passage, the utility working fluid flow splitter having a scoop wall member disposed within the splitter to split the utility working fluid into a first split flow to traverse the first split passage and a second split flow to traverse the second split passage; a first split conduit configured to receive the first split flow from the utility working fluid flow splitter; and a second split conduit configured to receive the second split flow from the utility working fluid flow splitter; wherein the second split passage includes a turn downstream of the upstream end of the scoop wall member, the turn oriented to provide a direction of the utility working fluid in the second split passage different than the bulk fluid direction; and wherein the scoop wall member is an annular member; wherein the scoop wall member is disposed such that the utility working fluid flows around the entire periphery of the annular member. a gas turbine engine having a rotatable turbomachinery that includes a compressor and turbine, the gas turbine engine also having a combustor structured to mix a fuel with a compressed working fluid received from the compressor and combust the mixture, the gas turbine engine having a mechanical device that includes a utility working fluid receiving portion; a conduit carrying the utility working fluid and in fluid communication with the mechanical device; a utility working fluid flow splitter having a circular cross sectional shape configured to receive the utility working fluid from the conduit and structured to receive the utility working fluid flowing in a bulk fluid direction and direct the utility working fluid into a first split passage and a second split passage, the utility working fluid flow splitter having a scoop wall member disposed within the splitter to split the utility working fluid into a first split flow to traverse the first split passage and a second split flow to traverse the second split passage; a first split conduit configured to receive the first split flow from the utility working fluid flow splitter; and a second split conduit configured to receive the second split flow from the utility working fluid flow splitter; wherein the second split passage includes a turn downstream of the upstream end of the scoop wall member, the turn oriented to provide a direction of the utility working fluid in the second split passage different than the bulk fluid direction; and wherein the scoop wall member is an annular member; wherein the scoop wall member is disposed such that the utility working fluid flows around the entire periphery of the annular member.