US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on May 27 for "Wellhead landing base inspection utilizing x-rays" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,571, issued on May 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Wellhead landing base inspection utilizing x-rays" was invented by Hamzah A. Al-Khalifah (Al Mubarraz, Saudi Arabia), Fahmi Aulia (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia) and AbdulHameed E. Al-Farhan (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for wellhead landing base inspection utilizing X-rays is provided. In one aspect, a method to inspect a wellhead landing base includes forming a wellbore from a surface of the Earth to a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir. A cellar surrounding the wellbore is formed. The cellar extends below the...