ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,063, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Landing base external corrosion inhibition using in-situ formed polyacrylamide gel" was invented by Faisal Mohammed Alissa (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Norah Waled Aljuryyed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of corrosion inhibition of a topside well equipment includes disposing a fluid mixture including an acrylamide monomer, a comonomer, and an initiator within a well cellar, agitating the fluid mixture and initiating polymerization of the acrylamide monomer and the comonomer, and forming a coating on the topside ...