ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,170, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hunting Energy Services LLC (Houston).
"Subsea wellhead monitoring system" was invented by Brandon Beau Beaver (Spring, Texas), Jonathan Michael Durham (Richmond, Texas) and Robert E. Smith III (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea wellbore monitoring system of the present disclosure includes hanger, plug, and monitoring assemblies. The hanger assembly installs on landing in the wellhead, engages the lock profile, and has a hanger seal sealing in the wellhead. The plug assembly is supported in the hanger assembly and has a plug seal to seal in the landing. Ports of the p...