US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 5 for "Emulsion destabilization and grid cleaning in gas-oil separation plants and systems related thereto" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,481, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Emulsion destabilization and grid cleaning in gas-oil separation plants and systems related thereto" was invented by Hatem Bajuaifer (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Ashiff Khan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Khaled N. Mutairi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods including a gas-oil separation plant system including a high pressure production trap (HPPT) separator; a low pressure production trap (LPPT) separator; a dehydrator comprising a plurality of electrical or mechanical dehydrator grids; a desalter comprising a pl...