ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,123, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nitrogas AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Method and a system for reducing corrosive environment for a pipeline" was invented by Geir Magne Hoiland (Sandnes, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method are for reducing a corrosive environment for a pipeline segment defined between a first end and a second end. The pipeline segment has a fluid pipe, a protective cover surrounding the fluid pipe and an annular space defined between the fluid pipe and the protective cover, the annular space being at least partly filled with an insulation material. The method has the steps of: providing an in...