ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,346, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Oilfield Equipment Development Center Ltd. (Victoria, Seychelles).

"Electric submersible pump assembly" was invented by David Garrett (Bartlesville, Okla.), Luis Seczon (Fulshar, Texas) and Kevin Scarsdale (Broken Arrow, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are electric submersible pump assemblies and methods for pumping wellbore fluid that may each include an electric submersible pump assembly which may include: a shroud that may include: a first shroud aperture; and a second shroud aperture; a first pump disposed in the shroud, wherein the first pump may be capable of pumping...