ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,860, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Scovan Engineering Inc. (Calgary, Canada).

"Modules and configurations of modules for hydrocarbon wells" was invented by Donovan Nielsen (Calgary, Canada) and Oliver Kohlhammer (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) system having a hub module operatively coupled to a pipe rack module. The pipe rack module having a first side and a second side. An injection module operatively coupled to the pipe rack module. The injection module providing a high pressure steam via at least one high pressure steam line to an injection well. A production module opera...