ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,857, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and methods for multiphase formation fluid production utilizing an electric submersible pump" was invented by Ali Al Fardan (Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing a multiphase formation fluid from a subsurface formation may comprise a surface collection point; a power source positioned at the surface collection point; a wellbore extending from the surface collection point to the subsurface formation; a packer positioned within the wellbore, the packer defining a first cavity and a second cavity; an elec...