US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 2 for "Composite wrap for pipe monitoring and repair" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,147, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Composite wrap for pipe monitoring and repair" was invented by Mazyad Alyami (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Layan Alaeddin AlSharif (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Maher Hamed Alerwi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Hasan Ali Al-Hashmy (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring system includes a primer layer, a composite wrap, and an electrode assembly. The primer layer is configured to surround a pipe that is to be monitored. The primer layer is made of an electrically non-conductive adhesive material. The composite wrap is configured to wrap ...