ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,753, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Deepwater resonator array for subsea noise mitigation" was invented by Peter F. Batho (Houston), Mark S. Wochner (Pittsford, N.Y.), Preston S. Wilson (Austin, Texas), Kevin M. Lee (Austin, Texas) and Andrew R. McNeese (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subsea oil and/or gas facility includes rotating equipment/machinery located subsea and configured for subsea use. The rotating equipment/machinery includes pumping equipment/machinery having one or more pumps, or compression equipment/machinery having one or more compressors, or both, for proc...