US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Dec. 2 for "Integration of emissions reduction and gas sweetening in gas-oil separation plant" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,462, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Integration of emissions reduction and gas sweetening in gas-oil separation plant" was invented by Hamad M. Alowaiydh (Ras Tannurah, Saudi Arabia), Ayman M. Farsi (Ras Tannurah, Saudi Arabia) and Ghassan M. Althagafi (Ras Tannurah, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas-oil separation plant (GOSP) system includes a crude inlet line extending to a separation vessel where a sour gas stream may be separated from an inlet fluid stream. The GOSP system provides an H2S membrane system where the sour gas stream may be directed for separation...