US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Feb. 3 for "Laboratory apparatus for in-situ monitoring splash zone corrosion" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,895, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Laboratory apparatus for in-situ monitoring splash zone corrosion" was invented by Turki Abdullah Al-Khaldi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Anas S. Rushaid (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes: activating a control unit coupled to a chamber in which a lab environment is being created to include at least one splash zone as seen by an offshore oil and gas platform, wherein a lab environment accommodates a mock structure that resembles a construction characteristics of the offshore oil and gas platfo...