Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation founded in 1940, serves customers globally with unique products, services, and solutions that include atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and services. The company is the world’s largest supplier of hydrogen and has leading positions in growth markets such as helium and natural gas liquefaction. The company designs and manufactures equipment for air...
General Electric is a leading global high-tech industrial company which provides products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation and oil and gas production equipment to medical imaging, financing and industrial products. The company was incorporated in 1892 and now serves customers in over 180 countries and employs approximately 283,000 people worldwide. Manufacturing operations are carried out at 162...
As a continuation of the previous overview dated 29.08.2019, where the general statistical indicators for the selection of the latest patent applications in the field of unconventional oil production for 2018 were provided, the present overview includes a brief analysis of key applicants. In total, 974 documents from 28 patent offices around the world were selected for examination,these applications were developed with the...
A brief analysis of key indicators for patent applications registered in the patent offices around the world in 2018 and belonging to the subject related to unconventional oil production (Heavy and extra heavy oil, Oil shale, Oil sands) is provided in the present review. In total, 974 documents from 28 patent offices around the world were found on this subject. The patent offices of the USA and China, where more than 43% from the...
Halliburton was established in 1919 and incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1924 and is one of the world’s largest diversified energy services companies. With approximately 60,000 employees the company represents 140 nationalities in more than 80 countries. In 2017 the company had 55,000 employees in approximately 70 countries. Halliburton serves oil and natural gas companies throughout the world...
Ormat Technologies is a leading company that is primarily engaged in the geothermal and recovered energy power businesses. The сompany owns and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants in various countries, including the U.S., Kenya, Guatemala, Guadeloupe and Honduras. The сompany’s equipment manufacturing operations are located in Israel. Ormat designs, develops, builds, sells, owns, and operates clean,...
The key problem holding back the development of renewable energy is the continuous operation of solar and wind power plants, due to the natural characteristics of these resources. Currently, the most promising trend for ensuring continuous generation of electricity by stations of this type is the use of various types of batteries for storing accumulated energy in the form of pumped storage stations, thermal storage systems for molten...
Solar energy remains one of the most important and leading renewable energy sectors, including in Europe. Despite the fact that the level of solar activity in Europe, particularly in the north, is relatively restricted, all the main types of modern solar energy have become widespread - both photovoltaics and solar collectors with concentrators and storage systems, and thermal solar panels. The top 10 countries in the world in terms of...
There has been increased interest in energy derived from nuclear and solar sources recently, which has led to renewed research efforts concerning the application of high temperature molten salts in nuclear and solar power stations. At first glance, nuclear energy and solar power seem to have little in common, but certain kinds of solar power plants convert sunlight into heat which is then used to generate electricity, just like the...
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2019 analyses the year 2018, which is characterized by rapid growth of energy demand and rise of carbon emissions. In 2018, energy consumption increased by 2.9%, exceeding the figures of 2017 (2.2%), marking the fastest growth in the last 10 years. 43% of this growth was driven by natural gas, followed by renewables (14.5%). Three countries, China, the USA and India are responsible for about...
