ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,508, issued on May 20, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Advanced flow rate measurement using chemical prospector of oil and gas producers" was invented by Keshabananda Baruah (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia), Ahmad M. Almousa (Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia) and Hisham I. Al-Shuwaikhat (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identifying and quantifying a fluid in a gas-oil separation plant conduit includes a first wellhead and a second wellhead, a first flowline, a first prospector spool apparatus and a second prospector spool apparatus, a header, and a collection point. The first and the se...