Patent Application for Managing Production and Facility Operations for Sustainability

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Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a patent application detailing a method for managing production and facility operations to achieve sustainability goals. The application describes a system that receives production and facility data, generates sustainability reports, and adjusts operations based on action plans.

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This document is a patent application (US20260087424A1) filed by inventors associated with managing production and facility operations across an enterprise to achieve sustainability goals. The proposed method involves receiving production and facility data, generating sustainability reports based on this data, and sending commands to adjust devices to improve sustainability parameters. This is a novel technological approach rather than a regulatory mandate.

As a patent application, it does not impose immediate compliance obligations. However, companies in the energy and manufacturing sectors developing or utilizing such systems should be aware of this potential intellectual property. The application's filing date is December 1, 2025, with a publication date of March 26, 2026.

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MANAGING FACILITY AND PRODUCTION OPERATIONS ACROSS ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

Application US20260087424A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Shashi Menon, Hemant Arora, David Seabrook, Gian-Marcio Gey, Hans Eric Klumpen, Debasish Das, Federico Sporleder, Jing Zhang, Rajarshi Ray, Nader Salman, Stephanie Lee, Colin Wier, Neeraj Pramod Kamat, Harshada Shirish Modak

Abstract

A method may include receiving production data and facility data associated with an enterprise, such that the production data includes operational tasks performed in a hydrocarbon production system, and the facility data includes one or more utility operations within one or more buildings associated with the enterprise. The method may also include receiving sustainability parameter data associated with one or more operations corresponding to the enterprise based on the production data and the facility data, generating a sustainability report representative of sustainability parameters associated with the operations of the enterprise based on the sustainability parameter data, and sending the sustainability report to one or more engineering workflow systems to determine action plans associated with improving the sustainability parameters. After receiving the action plans, the method includes sending commands to cause devices to adjust their respective operations.