ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,444, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ConocoPhillips Co. (Houston).
"Stabilization of flow by moveable choke" was invented by Thomas J. Danielson (Houston), Brian P. Dyer (Houston) and Probjot Singh (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to reduce slugging in a pipeline, including flowing a fluid flow through a pipeline having a fluid flow path extending therethrough and determining a presence of a slug within the fluid flow path of the pipeline. Launching a chokeable pig into the fluid flow path, anchoring the chokeable pig at a predetermined location within the fluid flow path, and adjusting the pressure drop through th...