US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Feb. 17 for "Seal gas contamination detection and seal gas supply switchover system" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,521, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Seal gas contamination detection and seal gas supply switchover system" was invented by Abdulaziz S. Alhamoud (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a seal gas (comprising a first gas or a second gas), a seal gas inlet pipe, a first seal gas supply system, a second seal gas supply system, and a computer processor. The first seal gas supply system comprises a first seal gas supply line configured to transport the first gas from a first seal gas supply to the seal gas inlet pipe, a first solenoid valve, and a firs...