US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 26 for "Gas-activated vent valve below packer for stable electrical submersible pump (ESP) operation in gassy wells" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,617, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Gas-activated vent valve below packer for stable electrical submersible pump (ESP) operation in gassy wells" was invented by Chidirim Enoch Ejim (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a packer sealed against a casing string deployed in the well, production tubing extending through the packer and configured to transport the production fluids to a surface location, and an electric submersible pump connected to the production tubing at a location downhole from the packer. The electric submersible pump is configure...