ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,030, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) connection pump and a downhole tubing connection system using the same" was invented by Thibault Villette (Belfort, France), Abderrazak Traidia (Lussan, France), Abdullah Alshahrani (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Ali Abdulrazaq Hijles (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Anwar Parvez (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of magneto-hydrodynamic connection pumps are discussed. In some cases, the pumps include: a body forming an inner channel, a first connection part on a first side of the tube, a s...