US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 16 for "Artificial lift apparatus with integrated shut-in valve" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,875, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Artificial lift apparatus with integrated shut-in valve" was invented by Laurie S. Duthie (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia), Muhammad A. Harthi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Omar Afif (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Faisal Alsubaie (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial lift apparatus includes an ESP sub-assembly, shut-in valve (SIV) subassembly, and a pressure sensor, each operatively connected to a common electrical line. The ESP sub-assembly includes a pump and an ESP motor configured to receive electrical current from the common e...