ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,634, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Cenovus Energy Inc. (Calgary, Canada).

"Process for providing steam for a hydrocarbon recovery process" was invented by Timothy Bennet Anderson (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for providing steam from a steam source to a well located remote from the steam source, includes heating a first portion of a first pipe by directing steam along the first portion of the first pipe that extends along a first segment of a path between the steam source and the well, across a first cross-over pipe, and back to the steam source, along a first portion of a second pipe that extends alo...