US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Aug. 11 for "Split pod system and methods" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,053, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Split pod system and methods" was invented by Chidirim Enoch Ejim (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric submersible pump pod system includes an electric submersible pump (ESP), a pod casing, a connector housing, an electrical connector, and a cable. The ESP is fluidly coupled with a production string disposed within a wellbore. The pod casing is coupled with and houses at least a portion of the ESP such that an intake of the ESP is disposed within the pod casing. The pod casing is arranged to receive production fluid fr...