US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Nov. 18 for "Inverted shroud field assembly for gas accumulation prevention above ESPs and method of use" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,805, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Inverted shroud field assembly for gas accumulation prevention above ESPs and method of use" was invented by Chidirim Enoch Ejim (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Jinjiang Xiao (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes providing an electrical submersible pump assembly with a pump, an intake, shroud base flanges, a protector, and a motor. The method includes coupling the shroud base flanges to an intake downhole end using fasteners and a set of protector top bolt holes. The method includes locating a closed end of an inv...