US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 29 for "Method and equipment for crushing debris in drilling fluids" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,846, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and equipment for crushing debris in drilling fluids" was invented by Sajid Hussain (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia) and Syed Muhammad Ali (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crusher includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at opposite axial sides, an impeller positioned proximate the inlet of the housing, and a shaft connected to the impeller and extending axially through the housing between the inlet and the outlet. At least two spaced apart support structures hold the shaft in the housing, where a plurality of dynami...