US Patent Issued to OURO NEGRO TECNOLOGIAS EM EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS on Feb. 3 for "Gas injection valve in an oil production column" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,533, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to OURO NEGRO TECNOLOGIAS EM EQUIPAMENTOS INDUSTRIAIS S/A (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Gas injection valve in an oil production column" was invented by Felipe Gherren Noel (Petropolis, Brazil), Giancarlo Vilela De Faria (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Leonardo Goncalves Candido Gomes (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Ricardo Naoyuki Alves De Moraes Sawaguchi (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas injection valve in an oil production column which guarantees the gas lift operation, providing secure closure, with greater reliability in the safety conditions of the integrated sets of safety bar...