ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,852, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Flexible anvil for a plunger lift system" was invented by Amr Mohamed Zahran (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Syed Muhammad Bin Syed Taha (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Sayed (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Gustavo Alvarez (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Bagus Wahyu Setiadi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the present disclosure include a wellbore assembly that includes a wellhead assembly and a plunger. The wellhead assembly is coupled to a wellbore string disposed within a wellbore. The wellhead assembly includes a lubricat...