Controlled extraction of methane from coal formations is an important challenge, both in terms of preserving ecological balance and to utilize additional source of fossil fuel. The present patent review provides essential statistical figures of the patenting activity of inventors in 2017 in the field of exploration, production and processing of Coal Bed Methane, Coal Mine Methane and Abandoned Mine Methane. In total, as of the date of...
The proposed review includes brief statistical information on the 2017 patent applications, which describe various technical solutions in the field of Unconventional Oil production (oil shale, oil sands, and heavy oil). In total, 1627 patent documents were collected for review, published in 32 patent offices around the world by 466 applicants from 36 countries. In this year the number of patent applications found on this subject was...
In the previous comments, which included an analysis of patent applications registered in 2017 around the world and related to the field of methane extraction from gas hydrate formations, mainly statistical data was provided concerning the distribution of documents by patent offices of the world, as well as by unified groups of problems and elements of technological processes. This paper discloses the data concerning the main...
Gas hydrates are one of the most attractive forms of energy commodities for the future thanks to the huge resource potential that is many times larger than all other existing fossil fuel resources put together. A great number of scientific papers are published annually all over the world, dedicated to the analysis of gas hydrate formations in different geographical regions of the world, to the perfection of scientific research methods,...
Schlumberger is the world's leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production, and processing to the oil and gas industry. Operating in more than 85 countries and employing approximately 100,000 people who represent over 140 nationalities, Schlumberger supplies the industry's most comprehensive range of products and services, from exploration through to production, and integrated pore-to-pipeline...
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 55,000 employees in approximately 70 countries. The Company serves major oil and natural gas companies throughout the world and operates under two divisions, which are the Completion and Production segment and the Drilling and Evaluation segment. Completion...
Sasol is an integrated energy and chemical company based in Sandton, South Africa. The company was formed in 1950 in Sasolburg (South Africa), and is the world's first oil-from-coal company, which develops and commercializes technologies, including synthetic fuels technologies, and produces different liquid fuels, chemicals and electricity. Significant cash and cost change programs implemented since 2014...
Being Canada’s leading integrated energy company, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta (Canada), Suncor focuses on developing one of the world’s largest petroleum resource basins – Canada’s Athabasca oil sands, specializing in the production of synthetic crude from oil sands. In addition, Suncor explores for, acquires, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally, as well as transporting...
For over 65 years, Sasol has been a pioneer in the inventive monetization of hydrocarbons. Using coal, crude oil and natural gas, along with the skills of people and the advantages of technology, Sasol has become one of the world’s largest producers of synthetic fuels and a global chemicals player. Sasol is an international integrated chemicals and energy company that leverages the expertise of 30,100 people working in 33 countries. It...
Residents of the USA turned out to be the most active applicants with more than 60% of the total number of patent applications. The most popular patent offices among non-resident applicants were: USPTO, INPI (BR), EPO, IMPI, SIPO (CN) and INPI (AR). The number of new patent application filings to USPTO, EPO, and SIPO (CN) has decreased significantly, yet at the same time it has grown massively in the patent office of Brazil. The...
