Patent Document ID: 9799006
Application ID: 14048183
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of assessing chemical products, the method comprising: receiving input data including identification of a chemical substance at a processing device; evaluating a regulatory impact of the chemical substance based on at least one of global regulation data, regional regulation data and jurisdiction-specific regulation data, and outputting a regulatory impact assessment, the regulatory impact assessment including a regulatory impact score based on a number of identified regulations that apply to the chemical substance, the regulatory impact score including a numerical indicator corresponding to the number of identified regulations; evaluating potential hazards posed by the chemical substance based on available data related to characteristics of the chemical substance, and outputting a chemical hazard assessment, the chemical substance including a plurality of chemical constituents, wherein evaluating and outputting the chemical hazard assessment includes generating a score for each of the plurality of constituents, and combining the scores to generate a combined chemical hazard score; and generating a chemical assessment report indicating potential impact due to use of the chemical substance, the chemical assessment report indicating chemical assessment results that include the regulatory impact assessment and the chemical hazard assessment; and determining whether to use the chemical substance in an energy industry operation based on the chemical assessment report.