US Patent Issued to Cameron International on Jan. 27 for "Electrostatic free water knockout for high water cut emulsions" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,680, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).

"Electrostatic free water knockout for high water cut emulsions" was invented by Gary W. Sams (Spring, Texas) and Francisco E. Vera (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for separating water from an oil and water mixture are provided. A free water knockout vessel includes a mechanical separation section, an electrostatic coalescence section, and a gravitational separation section. A process for separating water from an oil and water mixture includes mechanical separation of the "free" water, electrostatic coalescence of emulsif...