ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,601, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Downhole autonomous inflow control device" was invented by Mohammed A. Alghazal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Bruno Alain Stenger (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole autonomous inflow control device (D-AICD) disposed in a tubing string within a wellbore and method. The D-AICD includes a chamber in fluid communication with a reservoir to receive produced well fluids and a galvanic inflow control valve (GICV) including a housing. The GICV regulates flow of well fluids entering the tubing string via disengaged and engag...