US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on March 3 for "Static mixer for electrical submersible pump (ESP) high gas/oil ratio (GOR) completions" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,736, issued on March 3, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Static mixer for electrical submersible pump (ESP) high gas/oil ratio (GOR) completions" was invented by Mohammed H. Aleid (Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia), Torty C. Kalu-Ulu (Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia) and James O. Arukhe (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical submersible pump (ESP) completion is used in a reservoir. The ESP completion includes an ESP and a static mixer placed below an intake of the ESP within the reservoir. A two-phase (liquid-gas) mixture flows from the reservoir through a tubing-casing annulus to the st...