US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 25 for "Permanent, compact, online monitoring and controlled automation system" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,547, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Permanent, compact, online monitoring and controlled automation system" was invented by Ammal F. Al-Anazi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and James O. Arukhe (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for a permanent monitoring and control automation system for a well includes a grease tank including a storage container configured to hold grease, sensors for measuring grease volume in the grease tank and pressure levels, and a pump for greasing a valve at a pre-set pressure level value using grease from the grease tank. The...