ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,855, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Offshore unmanned smart reservoir management" was invented by Abdullah A. AlFawwaz (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ghazi Dhafer AlQahtani (Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a computer-implemented system. Measurement tools provide real-time measurements for wells and reservoir performance. Control valves are automatically controlled in response to events occurring in the wells. A network provide s communications between the measurement tools, the control valves, and command centers. The command centers pro...