ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,543, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dharhan, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and system for predicting flow rate data using machine learning" was invented by Mohammed H. Al Madan (Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining acquired pressure data for various wells in a geological region of interest. The method may further include obtaining acquired pressure gradient data for the wells. The acquired pressured gradient data may correspond to a pressure difference based on vertical depth at one or more wells among the wells. The method may further include obtaining acquired te...