ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,581, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Split tee plug device" was invented by Ahmad Alakkas (Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia), Saleh Alkulaib (Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia) and Faisal N. Otaibi (Al Hofuf, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for intervention in a pipe in a pipeline network. The system includes a hot tap assembly. The hot tap assembly includes a sleeve positioned around the pipe, a housing coupled to a flange connection, and a neck connecting the sleeve to the housing. The hot tap assembly further includes a plug in an interior of the housing, an O-ring...