The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Aramco, was awarded 230 patents last year by the US Patent and Trademark Office, up from 57 in 2013. In a statement, Aramco said it had been granted more than 100 patents, including for "innovative technologies that have revolutionized oil production. Chevron filed about 240 last year, Shell about 120, Total just over 100 and Conoco less than 50. Aramco's recent patents relate to fluids to break rocky oil formations using micro-particles, a docking station for mobile robots deployed in oil fields and techniques to remove carbon from fuels.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, better known as Aramco, was awarded 230 patents last year by the US Patent and Trademark Office, up from 57 in 2013. That's still some way short of the more than 400 patents that Exxon Mobil registered in 2016 and about 360 last year. Chevron filed about 240 last year, Shell about 120, Total just over 100 and Conoco less than 50. Aramco's recent patents relate to fluids to break rocky oil formations using micro-particles, a docking station for mobile robots deployed in oil fields and techniques to remove carbon from fuels.