US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Aug. 11 for "Analysis of source rocks in pyrolysis experiments" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,497, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Analysis of source rocks in pyrolysis experiments" was invented by Poorna Srinivasan (Houston), Estefania M. Endara Arguello (Brookshire, Texas) and Shannon L. Eichmann (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus includes a pyrolysis chamber configured to receive and hold within an interior space a volume of an aqueous fluid and to maintain a pressure within the interior space for a duration of an experimental period when a removable head is in a closed position. The apparatus includes a sample basket assembly comprising a plurality ...