US Patent Issued to Neodrill AS on May 5 for "Suction anchor or well support foundation for use in permeable water bottom formations" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,217, issued on May 5, was assigned to Neodrill AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Suction anchor or well support foundation for use in permeable water bottom formations" was invented by Wolfgang Mathis (Sandnes, Norway) and Ole Kristian Holen (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction anchor has a skirt open at one end and closed at another end to define an interior volume. At least one conduit nested within or adjacent to the skirt, is open at one end and closed at another end to define an inner volume. A suction line is fluidly connected to the interior volume through a first valve. A second valve is fluidly connected between ...