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ASSOCIATED PETROLEUM GAS. Latest granted patents 2014-2016. Associated Petroleum Gas
Summary
Associated Petroleum Gas (APG) is a form of natural gas dissolved in hydrocarbon liquids or present in free form in oil fields. In the process of oil production and preparation, associated petroleum gas is released, which is often simply flared (Flare gas). Over the past decade, as part of the World Bank's “Zero Routine Flaring by 2030” program, oil and gas companies are actively mastering modern technologies that allow for the utilization of associated petroleum gas, which is a valuable resource for consumption. Re-injection of associated gas into the oil reservoir is a popular technology used in oil production. The application of advanced technologies for gas-to-liquid conversion, electricity generation, and technological preparation for gas delivery to the pipeline system is also expanding. Associated gas utilization is an intensively developing process, which is annually improved with a large number of scientific research and patent solutions.
This bulletin contains recent patents on that topic, that were issued by patent offices around the world. The present bulletin reviews patents granted by patent offices around the globe in 2014-2016 in the field related to the technologies for utilization of associated petroleum gas. General research methodology can be found on the Advanced Energy Technologies website. 704 patent documents from 20 patent offices around the world are represented in the bulletin. In total, 524 applicants from 24 countries and 819 subgroups of the International Patent Classification are mentioned.
Key Highlights
Statistical information presented in the bulletin includes distribution of patent documents by years, by patent offices and by applicant countries, applicant-related data (residents and non-residents), and data on the most frequently mentioned International Patent Classification divisions (sections, classes, subclasses, groups, and subgroups). The largest number of patents during the period of time under revision was granted by the patent office of the USA (USPTO) and the patent office of Russia (Rospatent).
Based on the analysis of each of the patents, internal characteristics of unified indicators (technical problems, types of inventive solutions, belonging to one or other technological segment) were found, which allowed specific features for each of the indicators for the entire array of documents to be defined, for instance, to define the leading problems or technical solution types that were disclosed by the inventors the most. Document lists are provided for the ten most popular groups of patent documents with identical unified indicators, including their ID numbers and applicant names.
A list of the top applicants by the number of patents includes: Velocys Inc (US), ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (US), ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (US), Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. (NL), Johnson Matthey Plc (GB), ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (US), CompactGTL (GB), Kurochkin A V (RU), Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd (JP), Siluria Technologies Inc (US). Data representing the share in the established intellectual property market, distribution of patent documents by problems, IPC sections, patent offices and technology indicators is provided in the form of tables and diagrams for them.
The prominent documents pages contain the top patents with the highest bibliographical rating, the most extensive coverage of IPC sections, and the shortest patent pending time.
A list of all of the documents reviewed, arranged by the top groups of patent documents with identical unified indicators and by patent offices with the indication of the ID numbers of the granted patents are provided in the conclusive part of the bulletin.
Who needs this bulletin?
The proposed patent statistics bulletin allows the existing trends in the intellectual property market of the specified industrial sector to be timely traced, as well as the possibility of acquiring a carefully selected list of patent documents fully corresponding to the specified subject. The bulletin can be useful for inventors, engineers, scientific workers, and business representatives, who are focused on the development of unconventional gas production technologies.
