The present overview includes a brief analysis of key applicants based on the selection of the latest patent applications in the field of unconventional oil production for 2019. In total, 1643 documents from 30 patent offices around the world were selected for examination. These applications were developed with the participation of 424 applicants from 25 countries. The most productive applicant in 2019 in the field under consideration...
The current review includes key statistical indicators that were identified as a result of the analysis of patent applications filed in the patent offices around the world in 2019 on topics related to unconventional oil production. In total, during the patent search, as of the date of this review, 1,643 patent applications were identified, which were filed by 424 applicants from 25 countries and registered in 30 world patent offices....
The World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership and the U.S. The Energy Information Administration published several papers throughout 2020 presenting statistics and technological advances in the area of associated petroleum gas utilization. This topic is of importance as methane is the most prevalent active greenhouse gas, with current levels of emissions dangerously high. The combustion of methane in controlled volumes is a...
As a continuation of the previous review (SYNTHETIC FUELS 2019/ key indicators), the results of patenting activity of major applicants from patent applications dedicated to synthetic fuel in 2019 are briefly evaluated here. 941 patent applications were collected for the analysis, which are represented by 388 applicants from 29 countries and filed in 29 patent offices around the world. The methodology of searching and processing patent...
This review represents statistical indicators that characterize major priorities of inventors based on the patent applications registered during 2019 in patent offices around the world in the field related to the production of synthetic fuels (synthesis gas and its derivatives, liquid hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, direct coal liquefaction, etc.). In total, 941 patent applications were collected for the present review as...
This report provides information about the key applicants who registered the largest number of patent applications in 2019 in the field of technologies related to the subject of hydrocarbon production from low permeability reservoirs, mainly to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. In total, more than 3713 patent documents from 28 patent offices around the world and prepared by 796 representatives from 27 countries were...
The present review contains data on 3713 patent applications that were collected as of the date of this publication and registered in 2019 by 796 applicants from 27 countries in 28 patent offices around the world in the field related to the issues of horizontal directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Patent document retrieval and processing procedures are available on the Advanced Energy...
Methanex Corporation was incorporated in 1968 and is a Canadian company, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol to the major international markets in Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and South America. The total annual production capacity of the сompany, including Methanex interests in jointly owned plants, is currently 9.2 million tonnes and is located in New Zealand, the United States, Trinidad, Chile, Egypt,...
Schlumberger is the world’s leading provider of technology for reservoir characterization, drilling, production and processing to the oil and gas industry. Schlumberger supplies products and services, from exploration through production, and integrated pore-to-pipeline solutions that optimize hydrocarbon recovery to deliver reservoir performance sustainably. In 2019, the company employed...
Suncor is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The company develops one of the world's largest petroleum resource basins – Canada's Athabasca oil sands. The Company also explores for, acquires, develops, produces and markets crude oil in Canada and internationally, transports and refines crude oil, and markets petroleum and petrochemical products. Suncor also operates a renewable energy...
