ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,357, issued on March 24, was assigned to TRI-STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LLC (Houma, La.).

"Method and apparatus, including hose reel, for cleaning an oil and gas well riser assembly with multiple tools simultaneously" was invented by Anthony Scott Carter (Petal, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for cleaning an oil and gas well riser section or assembly. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for cleaning oil and gas well riser sections wherein a specially configured cap or pair of caps are fitted to the ends of the riser which ena...