ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,823, issued on June 2, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Top-of-line corrosion simulator" was invented by Mustafa Mohammed Alsalem (Ar Rawdah, Saudi Arabia), Hassan Ali Al-Ajwad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Ali A. Jabran (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Turki Abdullah Al-Khaldi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for simulating top-of-line corrosion is provided. The system includes an autoclave chamber having a liquid phase and a gas phase that simulate the conditions of a wet gas pipeline, where the gas phase comprises H2S and CO2. The system also includes an arc-shaped substrate havi...