ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,830, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Mudline suspension system running tool with tilted circulation ports" was invented by Bakr Abdulrahim Al-Ghamdi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A running tool for installing casing in a wellbore includes a tubular body defining an interior wall, an exterior wall and a longitudinal axis extending therethrough. An upper connector is defined at an upper end of the tubular body for coupling with an upper portion of a casing string and a lower connector is defined at a lower end of the tubular body to releasably couple the tubul...