ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,831, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Utilizing high pressure subsea reservoir energy to support low-pressure subsea production wells" was invented by Nikhil Dayanand (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for utilizing high pressure subsea reservoir energy to support low-pressure subsea production wells can include a high-pressure subsea well in production, a first subsea piping that receives a high-pressure fluid of the high-pressure subsea well, a low-pressure subsea well in production, and a second subsea piping that receives a low-pressure fluid of the low-pressure subsea w...