ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,917, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"ESP hydraulic activated valve" was invented by Khalid M. Almutairi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Abdul-Rahman M. Aifan (Khobar, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a valve and a pressure system. The valve includes a body having a flow path and a closure element movably disposed along a valve channel formed within the body. The closure element comprises side wings on opposite sides that seal and open the flow path. The pressure system, connected to the valve, includes a fluid source that is connected via a flowline to a p...