Ammonia is the fuel that almost works. A Charlotte spin-out with ten patents and a NASCAR pedigree is cracking it into hydrogen on a moving engine, using waste heat nobody else is chasing.
Schlumberger filed nine U.S. lithium patents in 2025. Exxon just produced its first battery-grade lithium. The oilfield is becoming the lithium field, and the patent docket has been telling the story since 2022.