ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,674, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Natura Resources LLC (Abilene, Texas).

"Nuclear reactor integrated oil and gas production systems and methods of operation" was invented by Derek Haas (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nuclear energy integrated hydrocarbon operation systems include a well site having a subsurface hydrocarbon well configured to produce a produced water output. The system further includes a deployable nuclear reactor system configured to produce a heat output. The system may further include a deployable desalination unit configured to produce a desalinated water output using the produced water output of...