US Patent Issued to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS on Feb. 24 for "Umbilical protection and structural reinforcement joint for completion and workover riser" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,080, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Umbilical protection and structural reinforcement joint for completion and workover riser" was invented by Francisco Edward Roveri (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Vinicius Sales Rocha (Macae, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology includes an assembly of umbilical protection and structural reinforcement of the completion and workover riser (CWOR), which comprises: a protection and reinforcement joint inserted into the tally of a CWOR, and at least one pair of stiffeners joined at the same height in the longitudin...