US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on March 25 for "Systems and methods for volume fraction analysis of production fluids utilizing a vertically oriented fluidic separation chamber" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,093, issued on March 25, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and methods for volume fraction analysis of production fluids utilizing a vertically oriented fluidic separation chamber" was invented by Jose Oliverio Alvarez (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for analyzing a multiphase production fluid include a fluidic supply and analysis unit configured to transition the fluidic separation chamber to a static state after a complete gaseous phase column and a complete oil phase column are formed within the fluidic separation chamber; communicate with the fluidic separation det...