ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,150, issued on July 8, was assigned to Liberty Lift Solutions LLC (Houston).
"Helical flow gas separator" was invented by Kenneth B. Nolen (Midland, Texas), John M. Raglin (Midland, Texas), Justin R. Ramirez (Midland, Texas) and Steven R. Hinojos (Midland, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator in a wellbore for separating liquid and gas in a petroleum production stream is described. The separator is formed by an outer tube defining an outer conduit extending from a lower end to an upper end of the outer tube. An inner tube is positioned concentrically within the outer tube, wherein the inner tube defines an inner conduit ex...