ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,461, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and methods to use waste heat for cooling in a gas oil separation plant" was invented by Srinivasaiah Kamandahalli (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia) and Kamarul Ariffin Amminudin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to systems and methods for using waste heat to increase crude yield, reduce an amount of water in hydrocarbon products and enhance pipeline integrity in a gas oil separation plant."

The patent was filed on Aug. 29, 2022, under Application No. 17/898,094.

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