ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,633, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Fired equipment exhaust recovery system" was invented by Shadi M. Alhazmi (Hofuf, Saudi Arabia), Ahmad M. Alahdal (Hofuf, Saudi Arabia), Hamed S. Alsowayigh (Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia) and Abdullraheem U. Almulla (Hofuf, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a process for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are disclosed herein. The system may include a combustion zone, a catalytic converter, a methanation reactor, a compressor, a normal venting unit, a vacuum protection unit, and a control system. The process may include feeding...