US Patent Issued to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS on March 3 for "Diverless unified support tube" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,815, issued on March 3, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Diverless unified support tube" was invented by Bruno Pinho Dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Jorge Gomes de Melo Medeiros (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Gilnei Reckziegel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Roberto Pereira Ferreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Raphael Moreira De Brito (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Claudio Violante Ferreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Flavio Barroso De Mello (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riser support is disclosed that is completely integrated into the Riser Balcony of a Floating Production St...