US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on April 29 for "Pipe connection systems in oil and gas applications" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,048, issued on April 29, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Pipe connection systems in oil and gas applications" was invented by Oladele Owoeye (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Zakaria Al Bu (Saihat, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe connection system for use in a well completion system includes an inner connector and an outer connector. The inner connector includes a tapered wall and multiple pin threads arranged along the tapered wall, wherein a pitch between projections formed by the multiple pin threads changes along an axial length of the pin connector. The outer connector is formed comple...