US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Jan. 20 for "Local/hybrid blockchain for oil and gas operations integrity" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,471, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Local/hybrid blockchain for oil and gas operations integrity" was invented by Eric Jeanson (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for blockchain-related systems for oil and gas infrastructure are disclosed. In one aspect, a blockchain-related system includes a node disposed at an oil or gas infrastructure site, the node including a memory configured to store blockchain data; and a processor configured to: receive a first data item to append to a blockchain; add the first data item to the blockchain; but when communication ...