ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,793, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Flowco MasterCo LLC (Houston).
"Wellhead flow block and flow control mechanisms" was invented by Mitchell A. Boyd (Haslet, Texas), Darrell Mitchum (Oakhurst, Texas) and Garrett S. Boyd (Granbury, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unitary wellhead flow block lubricator assembly includes a unitary body and flow passageways that extend through the unitary body. Various openings on the exterior of the unitary body allow flow control devices to be mounted in the flow passageways to control the flow of fluid though the flow passageways. One or more of the control devices could be mountable in tw...