ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,396, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Wet gas holdup gas fraction and flow meter" was invented by Thomas Hillman (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining multi-phase flow properties of a fluid includes measuring a first time for a first ultrasonic signal to be emitted from a first transducer into the fluid, reflected off an inner surface of the pipeline, and received back at the first transducer. Measuring a second time for the first ultrasonic signal to be emitted from the first transducer into the fluid and received at a second transducer. Ca...