ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,011, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Flaring optimization responsive to wind conditions" was invented by Fareez Zameer Khan (Clamart, France) and Hugues Trifol (Clamart, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include receiving wind conditions data; determining a control action to control a flaring operation at a site using the wind conditions data; and issuing the control action to control the flaring operation."

The patent was filed on Feb. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/588,080.

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