ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,272, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to EOG RESOURCES INC. (Houston).

"Systems and methods for heat recovery for carbon capture in oil and natural gas systems" was invented by Roy Larson (San Antonio), Michael James Kennedy (Fort Worth, Texas), Janette Montalvo (Fort Worth, Texas), Yang Du (Grapevine, Texas), Paige Lorson (Fort Worth, Texas), Nathan Gann (Fort Worth, Texas) and Jack L. Imboden (Weatherford, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for carbon capture from engines includes a heat recovery steam generator that receives at least a portion of an exhaust from the engines and utilizes the exhaust to form steam. The sys...