US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Nov. 3 for "Dynamic Venturi for multiphase flow meters" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,176, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Dynamic Venturi for multiphase flow meters" was invented by Rayan Alrabaei (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Musa Alnafisah (Tanajib, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed Alkhaldi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flowmeter includes an inlet for receiving a wellbore fluid therein, an outlet for discharging the wellbore fluid and a stationary outer pipe extending between the inlet and the outlet and exhibiting a first diameter for receiving the wellbore fluid in an unrestricted state. One or more movable walls are coupled within the outer pipe...