ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,968, issued on March 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Sustained casing pressure management system and method of use" was invented by Mohammad W. Alsaleh (Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia) and Jafar S. Alzaid (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a control system disposed on a well surface and a pipe component disposed in a wellbore to form an annulus that is in fluid communication with a reservoir. The system includes a valve in fluid communication with the annulus. The system includes a recorder configured to detect data of the annulus. The system includes a fluid condu...