ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,392, issued on July 28, was assigned to Expro North Sea Ltd. (Dyce, Great Britain).

"System for removing solids from a separator and method therefor" was invented by Gary Peek (Dyce, Great Britain), Duncan Cleland (Dyce, Great Britain), Anthony James Maclauchlan (Huntly, Great Britain) and Daniel James William Kennard (Balmedie, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing sedimentary solids from a separator is provided. The separator is for separating components of well fluid produced by a well. The system includes an inlet for receiving motive fluid; a nozzle configured to introduce the motive fluid to the sed...