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Global patent filings: by region, by industry, over time?
Global patent filings numbered 7M in 2022, rising at a 10% CAGR, suggesting that the pace of global technology is accelerating. The patent filings also provide support for megatrends such as rising commodity demand, digitalization and electrification. However, 79% of all patents globally are now filed in China, while the US is also very strong,…
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Tesla: where’s the IP?
This data-file compiles all of Tesla’s patents, classifies them across 1,000 patent families, and describes their innovations. Our conclusion is that Tesla holds less patented IP than rival auto-companies. However, where it has filed patents, it is more focused on pure EV innovations, including recently, big data solutions and improved batteries in 2019-20.
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Energy intensity of fiber optic cables?
What is the energy intensity of fiber optic cables? Our best estimate is that moving each GB of internet traffic through the fixed network requires 40Wh/GB of energy, across 20 hops, spanning 800km and requiring an average of 0.05 Wh/GB/km. Generally, long-distance transmission is 1-2 orders of magnitude more energy efficient than short-distance.
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The cutting edge of shale technology?
This data-file reviews 950 technical papers from the shale industry in 2018-2020, to identify the cutting edge of shale technology. The trends show an incredible uptick in completion design, frac fluids, EOR and machine learning. Each paper is summarized and categorized. The file also shows which companies and services have a technology edge.
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Kraken Technologies: smart grid breakthrough?
Kraken Technologies is an operating system, harnessing big data across the power value chain, from asset optimization, to grid balancing, to utility customer services. We reviewed ten patents, which all harness big data, of which 65% optimize aspects of the grid, and 40% are using AI. This supports the deployment of distributed energy, renewables and…
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Autonomous mining trucks: case studies?
Autonomous mining trucks have been gaining share since 2010, and now number almost 2,000 in total, across dozens of mines globally. So this data-file presents some case studies of autonomous mining trucks, and provides yet another example of digital progress. The work also shows leading companies in autonomous mining trucks, among adopters and mining equipment…
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Gecko Robotics: AI Asset Inspection?
Gecko Robotics is a leader in AI+Robotics (AIR), which can save tens of millions of dollars per year, when autonomous asset inspections are used to eliminate down-time and optimize maintenance operations. The company has already reached $1.25bn of valuation. The value hinges on the marriage of specialized hardware with an AI platform. This holds lessons…
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Production Losses at a Giant Offshore Oilfield
This data-file breaks down the production losses at a giant offshore oilfield, across five categories and ten sub-categories. They are addressable with digital oilfield technologies, as shown by our notes. Advanced algorithms such as BP’s Apex solution, are capable of reducing the losses — particularly in the largest categories. Halving them could increase output by…
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Well-by-well optimisation?
Well-by-well production optimisation can uplift mature fields’ output 5-20%. This data-file summarises the methodology employed by BP, which has filed the most detailed patent we have seen on the topic, from our screen of 3,000 patents around the industry.
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Inflow Control: Our Top 20 Papers from 2019
This data-file summarises twenty recent papers using inflow control devices: an exciting digital technology to optimise horizontal wells by limiting production from zones that are susceptible to flowing water or gas. Each paper is categorized by company, country, field and focus. Also included are our ‘Top 10’ facts from the technical literature.
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