US Patent Issued to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL, SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAFETY ENGINEERING on June 30 for "Hydrate decomposition inhibiting composition, coupling enhanced solid hydrate, and method for improving solid hydrate storage and transportation stability" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,734, issued on June 30, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAFETY ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Hydrate decomposition inhibiting composition, coupling enhanced solid hydrate, and method for improving solid hydrate storage and transportation stability" was invented by Kele Yan (Qingdao, China), Anshan Xiao (Qingdao, China), Shanjun Mu (Qingdao, China), Xuyao Hu (Qingdao, China), Yuemeng Ren (Qingdao, China), Hongxing Zhang (Qingdao, China) and Yu Lin (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrate decomposition inhibiting composition, a coupling enhanced soli...