US Patent Issued to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE on June 2 for "Underground storage system for fluid storage" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,564, issued on June 2, was assigned to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE (Aulnoye-Aymeries, France).

"Underground storage system for fluid storage" was invented by Pierre Martin (Meudon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underground storage system for storing fluid includes a hole having a bottom, a support element including at least one opening able to receive a joining element, at least one reservoir having a longitudinal axis, a bottom end and a top end, a first closure able to close the reservoir at its bottom end, and a second closure able to close the reservoir at its top end. The top end is able to be joined to the support el...