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## Foro Energy is a global leader in the applications of high power lasers for the oil, natural gas, geothermal, and mining industries with over 50 issued patents globally.

| Patent # | Country | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8511401 | USA | Method and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy over long distances  |
| 8571368 | USA | Optical fiber configurations for transmission of laser energy over great distances  |
| 8627901 | USA | Laser bottom hole assembly  |
| 8424617 | USA | Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface  |
| 8636085 | USA | Methods and apparatus for removal and control of material in laser drilling of a borehole  |
| 8662160 | USA | Systems and conveyance structures for high power long distance laser transmission  |
| 8684088 | USA | Shear laser module and method of retrofitting and use  |
| 8701794 | USA | High power laser perforating tools and systems  |
| 8720575 | USA | Shear laser module and method of retrofitting and use  |
| 8720584 | USA | Laser assisted system for controlling deep water drilling emergency situations  |
| 8757292 | USA | Methods for enhancing the efficiency of creating a borehole using high power laser systems  |
| 8783361 | USA | Laser assisted blowout preventer and methods of use  |
| 8783360 | USA | Laser assisted riser disconnect and method of use  |
| 8869914 | USA | High Power Laser Workover and Completion Tools and Systems |
| 252216 | Russia | Drilling, slipring, power distribution, SBS etc. |
| 8879876 | USA | Optical fiber configurations for transmission of laser energy over great distances  |
| 192915 | Singapore | BOP |
| 192918 | Singapore | Laser Module for BOP, laser BOP, retrofitting |
| 192916 | Singapore | Riser |
| 192917 | Singapore | rig-riser-laser BOP systems |
| 8936108 | USA | High power laser downhole cutting tools and systems  |
| 5684151 | Japan | Optical fiber cable |
| ZL 200980141304.7 | China | High power laser drilling systems |
| 8997894 | USA | Method and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy over long distances  |
| 9027668 | USA | Control system for high power laser drilling workover and completion unit  |
| 2551392 | Russia | Optical fiber cable |
| 9074422 | USA | Electric motor with laser (drilling, non-drilling, directional drilling) |
| 9089928 | USA | Off shore decomissioning |
| 9085050 | USA | D2O all laser application including pressure containment |
| 9080425 | USA | ROV laser subsea cutting (external) |
| 9138786 | USA | High Power Laser Pipeline Tool and Methods of Use |
| 9244235 | USA | Systems and Assemblies for Transferring high power laser energy through a rotating junction |
| 5844868 | Japan | Method and System  for Advancement of a Borehole using a High Power Laser |
| 9242309 | USA | Total Internal Reflection laser tools and methods |
| 9284783 | USA | Energy distribution and optics |
| GC 0003576 | The GCC | High power transmission, down hole laser activities; laser drilling |
| 9291017 | USA | Laser assisted system for controlling deep water drilling emergency situations  |
| 2808214 | Canada | Laser field systems |
| 9267330 | USA | Long distance high power optical laser fiber break detection and continuity monitoring systems and methods  |
| 9327810 | USA | High power laser ROV systems and methods for treating subsea structures  |
| 9360631 | USA | Optics Assembly for High Power Tools |
| 9360643 | USA | Rugged Passively Cooled High Power Laser Fiber Optic Connections and Methods of Use |
| 2734492 | Canada | Opical Systems & Components |
| 9347721 | USA | Optical Fiber Cable for Transmission of High Power Laser Magazine for firearm |
| 9399269 | USA | Systems, tools and methods for high power laser surface decommissioning and downhole welding  |
| 8805437 | Canada | Dual-mode mobile device and method for enhancing mutual interference sensitivity of the dual-mode mobile device  |
| 9492885 | USA | Laser systems and apparatus for the removal of structures  |
| 9512679 | USA | Methods and apparatus for removal and control of material in laser drilling of a borehole  |