ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,787, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
"System and method for cutting of offshore structures" was invented by Mohd Izzat Mohd Thiyahuddin (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for cutting an underwater structure, the system comprising: a cutting head, said cutting head comprising: an abrasive water jetting nozzle; a cryogenic nozzle; said abrasive water jetting nozzle and cryogenic nozzle mounted in fixed spaced relation; said cutting head arranged to position tips of the nozzles proximate to a cutting surface, and arranged to form a cutting zon...