US Patent Issued on Sept. 2 for "Wellsite greenhouse gas reduction and hydrogen production system and method" (Texas, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,749, issued on Sept. 2.

"Wellsite greenhouse gas reduction and hydrogen production system and method" was invented by Alicia Heiskell (The Woodlands, Texas), Wesley Heiskell (The Woodlands, Texas) and Claire Fuselier Guillory (New Iberia, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for reduction or elimination of environmentally harmful or "greenhouse" gases in situations in which gaseous hydrocarbons are flared or vented from an oil and gas well are disclosed. The system configures to inject a chemically reactive, or dispersive, or reactive and dispersive atomized mist into a gas flow line leading to a flare stack. The ...