ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,860, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Tri-ethylene glycol circulation automation system and method" was invented by Abdulrazzaq A. Kateb (Shaybah, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tri-ethylene glycol (TEG) circulation system and method is implemented by a computer system, which periodically receives, from a temperature sensor and a flow sensor, respectively, a temperature signal representative of a temperature of a process gas upstream of a contactor column of a gas dehydration unit, and a flow rate signal representative of a flow rate of the process gas upstream of the c...