ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,898, issued on May 27, was assigned to PRUITT TOOL & SUPPLY Co. (Fort Smith, Ark.).
"Fluid containment system and method" was invented by Grant Pruitt (Fort Smith, Ark.), Benjamin Micah Spahn (Alma, Ark.) and Andrew Lloyd Plowman (Charleston, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fluid containment system attaches to the wellhead below the rotating control device to catch fluids. The fluid containment system provides a pan below the outlet of the body in which the rotating head assembly is secured. A curtain attaches to the fluid containment system to at least partially enclose the wellhead. The curtain directs the escaped fluids to...