US Patent Issued to Marthon Petroleum on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for backhaul transportation of liquefied gas and CO2 using liquefied gas carriers" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,245, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Marthon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for backhaul transportation of liquefied gas and CO2 using liquefied gas carriers" was invented by Zachary D. Thobe (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of systems and methods for transporting liquefied gas and carbon dioxide (CO2) in a dual-fluid vessel thereby minimizing transportation between locations are disclosed. In an embodiment, the dual-fluid vessel has an outer shell with an outer surface, an outer compartment within the outer shell configured to store liquefied gas, a bladder positioned within the ou...