ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,379, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Dynamic rate limiter for load sharing application" was invented by Khurram Saeed Chishti (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling flow in a Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) extraction system includes determining an operational characteristic of one or more residue gas compressors operating within the NGL extraction system and calculating a rate of closure for one or more throttle valves associated with the one or more residue gas compressors based on the operational characteristic determined. When a process upset...