ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,569, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Removing waste from an oilfield rig" was invented by Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waste disposal system for an oilfield rig includes a container that defines a volume sized to receive and store waste from an oilfield rig; a compression plate positioned in the volume, the compression plate sized to extend between and orthogonal to two sides of the container and in planar parallel with a back wall of the container; at least one powered arm connected to the compression plate and configured to adjust t...