Oil & Gas
With specialist oil and gas knowledge, and with over 45 years of experience, our team is well positioned to support you.
IP protection for the oil and gas industry
Murgitroyd has been working with clients in the oil and gas industry from day one, over 45 years ago. Since then, we have built on our expertise and have a proud history of working closely with clients of all sizes within the energy industry.
Our oil and gas specialist attorneys have over 100 years of combined experience in protecting the Intellectual Property of businesses in this agile, ever-changing field, giving us an unrivaled understanding of the needs and expectations of our clients.
Our expert team can help with inventions in fields including:
- Exploration, including drilling, casing cementing, and coiled tubing operations;
- Production, including completion systems;
- Reservoir treatment techniques;
- Processing, including LNG conversion;
- Surveying, including seismic analysis;
- Upstream and downstream;
- P&A (Plug & Abandonment) techniques;
- Decommissioning operations and techniques
- Workover techniques, including wireline intervention.
Our oil and gas expertise
We take a holistic approach to each of our oil and gas clients' IP strategy, working with you to develop and protect your IP portfolio to best suit your business aims, providing practical, proactive, and strategic advice. We can advise at any stage of the IP lifecycle, whether you have the formation of a concept, pending IP rights, or a mature portfolio.
In addition to patent portfolios, we are experienced in advising on
design rights, trade secrets, and trademarks, and are especially skilled
in blending these approaches to enhance the protection available.
Our oil and gas IP team
Murgitroyd is well-placed to handle cross-border patent prosecution work for clients in the software, electronics, mechanical engineering, chemistry and life sciences sectors.
Legal 500 2023
Congratulations to our Mechanical Engineering Team for their Gold Award
Financial Times European Leading Patent Law Firms - 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 & 2024
Speak to our oil & gas team
Our specialists will safeguard your innovations and protect your IP in the oil and gas industry.
