ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,095, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating supply chain carbon footprint comprises: identifying a supply chain for carbon footprint estimation, wherein the supply chain includes a delivery stream comprising a plurality of network elements; identifying supply chain variables including network element variables; in response to determining a change to at least one ...