ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,561, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and methods for modifying hydrocarbon supply chains based on predicted hydrocarbon supply chain risk" was invented by Saud Al-Temyatt (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for hydrocarbon supply chain modification based on predicted hydrocarbon supply chain risk includes a hydrocarbon supply chain network element monitoring system; hydrocarbon supply chain modification hardware; a hydrocarbon supply chain data memory; a hydrocarbon supply chain risk prediction output translator; and a hydrocarbon supply chain risk ...