ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,878, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Sand prevention system" was invented by Mohanad Fahmi (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Ming Han (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdulkareem Alsofi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sand prevention system includes a housing having a conduit and a plurality of sand crushers coupled to the housing that prevent sand particles disposed within a fluid of a well having a diameter greater than a specified diameter from passing through the conduit of the housing of the sand prevention system. Each sand crusher includes a casing and a plural...