ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,649, issued on Jan. 13.
"Separation system" was invented by Ryan Malone (Farmington, N.M.), Eric Joseph Rasmussen (Galveston, Texas), Isabel Chan (Houston), Victor van Asperen (Tomball, Texas) and Sander Guido Baaren (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a separation system having a first inlet line through which a multiphase fluid is directed; a first separator connected to the first inlet line, the first separator being configured to separate the fluid into a heavy fraction primarily comprising solids and a light fraction primarily comprising gas, oil and water, the first separator comprising...