US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on June 24 for "Systems and methods for thermal management of subsea conduits using a jumper having adjustable insulating elements" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,712, issued on June 24, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for thermal management of subsea conduits using a jumper having adjustable insulating elements" was invented by Antonio C. F. Critsinelis (Kingwood, Texas), Sid Mebarkia (Sugar Land, Texas), Michelle A. Wise (Berkeley, Calif.), Yesudas J. Manimala (Katy, Texas), William C. Hughes (Houston), Steven W. Cochran (Houston), Edgar Uribe (Houston) and Jason D. Garcia (Bellaire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for thermal management of subsea conduits such as jumpers provide the ability to alternate between cooling a...