ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,160, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cameron International Corp. (Houston).

"Local power generation for gas to liquid conversion and flare reduction systems and methods" was invented by Edmund Peter McHugh (Longford, Ireland) and Belgin Baser-Langenau (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for local power generation to power equipment at a well site which may include a gas line configured to receive a gas flow from a well. The system may also include a turbine comprising an inlet and an outlet and configured to receive the gas flow from the gas line at the inlet and generate power based on a pressure differential betwe...