US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 29 for "System and method to detect and measure fluid flow in the return line during drilling activities" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,848, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method to detect and measure fluid flow in the return line during drilling activities" was invented by Krzysztof Karol Machocki (Aberdeen, Great Britain) and Sakethraman Mahalingam (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring fluid flow conditions on a return flow line including a return flow line in fluid communication with a wellbore, a shaker, and a header box. The system includes a contactless flow sensor facing an interior of the header box or an outlet of the return flow line, a data gatherin...