ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,687, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Dosing chemicals within a wellbore" was invented by Khaled Alsunnary (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Khalid Alhamed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chemical canister is configured to be placed in a wellbore. The chemical canister includes the following features. A housing defines a chemical reservoir. A check valve regulates flow between the reservoir and an outside environment."

The patent was filed on May 9, 2022, under Application No. 17/739,474.

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