ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,536, issued on July 15, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Subsea heat removal system" was invented by Alvaro Jose Arrazola (Houston) and Harold Gordon Riordan (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea heat removal system can include an inflow line having an inflow line proximal end that is connected to a pump in the water and is configured to have cooling fluid from the pump flow therethrough. The subsea heat removal system can also include a thermal transfer device having an inlet connected to an inflow line distal end, where the thermal transfer device has a thermally conductive material that is in th...