US Patent Issued to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE on Sept. 23 for "Stabbing guide device for a steel tube for use in a tubular hydrocarbon column" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,814, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE (Aulnoye-Aymeries, France).

"Stabbing guide device for a steel tube for use in a tubular hydrocarbon column" was invented by Alastair Brodie (Meudon, France) and Maxime Vannetzel (Meudon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabbing guide device is for a steel tube to be secured on a portion of the tube used in a tubular column for oil and gas, energy, or storage applications. The device includes a substantially cylindrical body extending along a rotational axis to surround the portion of the first steel tube, the body forming an open ring so that a circumfere...