ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,926, issued on May 26, was assigned to GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION (Guangzhou, China).

"Well drilling device for undersea in-situ exploitation of natural gas hydrate" was invented by Xiaosen Li (Guangzhou, China), Yi Wang (Guangzhou, China), Jianwu Liu (Guangzhou, China), Zhaoyang Chen (Guangzhou, China), Gang Li (Guangzhou, China) and Yu Zhang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well drilling device for undersea in-situ exploitation of a natural gas hydrate is provided. The well drilling device includes a well drilling module, wherein the well drilling module includes a frame, a portal framed lead rail and...