ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,248, issued on June 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Well integrity management for electrical submersible pump (ESP) oil wells" was invented by Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Shebl Fouad Abo Zkry (Al Khafji, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a computer-implemented method for determining an integrated surface-downhole integrity score for Christmas tree and wellhead assembly valves of an electrical submersible pump (ESP) oil well. Wellness surface parameters are determined for an ESP oil well operating at least one ESP. Wellness downhole param...