US Patent Issued to Oceaneering International on Aug. 25 for "Subsea flowline blockage remediation using external heating device" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,539, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Oceaneering International Inc. (Houston).

"Subsea flowline blockage remediation using external heating device" was invented by Sam Almerico (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "External heating assembly 1 is usable to heat subsea flowline 100 and remediate a blockage in subsea flowline 100 and comprises a predetermined set of heaters 10; one or more conductive layers 20 configured to uniformly distribute heat over an exterior of subsea flowline 100; one or more insulating layers 30 adapted to shield subsea flowline 100, the predetermined set of heaters 10, and conductive layers ...