Posts Tagged: "refineries"

ExxonMobil flexes patent muscle in offshore drilling, monetizing remote gas

A couple of patent applications that we discovered during our recent survey showed us evidence of a large focus on systems that optimize liquefied natural gas production operations. An enhanced system for planning the shipping of liquefied natural gas so as to optimize the profitability of a liquefied natural gas portfolio is discussed within U.S. Patent Application No. 20140310049, which is titled Method of Generating an Optimized Ship Schedule to Deliver Liquefied Natural Gas. Optimizing the profitability of LNG portfolios is also at the center of U.S. Patent Application No. 20140344000, titled Systems and Methods for Valuation and Validation of Options and Opportunities in Planning and Operations for a Liquefied Natural Gas Project or Portfolio of Projects.