US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Sept. 22 for "Removing mill scale from a tubular" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,336, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Removing mill scale from a tubular" was invented by Mishal M. Alashrah (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mill scale removal system includes adjustable stands including vertical arms, horizontal arms coupled to the vertical arms, and rollers coupled to the horizontal arms and configured to support a tubular by contacting engagement with an inner radial surface or an outer radial surface at or near terminal ends of the tubular; a laser ablation system that includes at least one laser sub-assembly mounted to a rod and a first ...