US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on May 13 for "Systems and methods for thermal management of subsea conduits using an interconnecting conduit and valving arrangement" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,948, issued on May 13, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for thermal management of subsea conduits using an interconnecting conduit and valving arrangement" 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: "Disclosed are systems and methods for thermal management of subsea interconnecting conduit such as jumpers that provide cooling...