US Patent Issued to TPE MIDSTREAM on July 21 for "Jumper lines with pumps" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,162, issued on July 21, was assigned to TPE MIDSTREAM LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Jumper lines with pumps" was invented by Douglas A. Sahm (Lutz, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example jumper lines with pumps are disclosed herein. An example includes a first pipe having fluid at a first pressure, a second pipe having fluid at a second pressure lower than the first pressure, and a jumper line including: a jumper pipe coupled between the first pipe and the second pipe that bypasses a device between the first pipe and the second pipe; a valve coupled to the jumper pipe, the valve to open to enable the fluid at the first pressure to evacua...