US Patent Issued to J. Ray McDermott on Sept. 16 for "Non-metallic subsea skid apparatus and methods" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,222, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to J. Ray McDermott S.A. (Houston).

"Non-metallic subsea skid apparatus and methods" was invented by Sajith Nair (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Manoj Kulshrestha (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Nawin Singh (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Johannes Waimer (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Antonino Ascone Modica (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) and Amit Balkrishna Shendre (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea skid (100) includes a plurality of skid tubes (101-112), and a plurality of skid joints (130-135) coupled between the plurality of skid tubes (101-112). The pluralit...