US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Sept. 8 for "Water oil separator vessel with hydrophobic mesh tubes" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,369, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Water oil separator vessel with hydrophobic mesh tubes" was invented by Olanrewaju Malcolm Oshinowo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Young Chul Choi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and a method for oil-in-water are provided. A water-oil separation plant (WOSEP) includes a gravity separation vessel, an inlet for an oil-in-water emulsion, an oil outlet for separated oil, a water compartment in the gravity separation vessel, and a water outlet from water compartment for separat...