Koppuravuri Balakoteswara Rao

Title: Koppuravuri Balakoteswara Rao: Advancing Corrosion Integrity Assessment.

Introduction

Koppuravuri Balakoteswara Rao is an inventor based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and works at Saudi Arabian Oil Company. His patent work addresses corrosion integrity assessment for gas flowlines that cannot be inspected using conventional scrapable tools.

Latest Patents

Rao is associated with one patent, titled “Method and System for Corrosion Integrity Assessment for Non-Scrapable Gas Flowlines Using Artificial Intelligence.” The invention describes a flowline corrosion management system that gathers operating sensor data, cathodic protection updates, and corrosion inhibitor compliance information across a gas production network.

The system assesses internal and external corrosion for a pipe component, then checks whether the findings meet an integrity criterion. Based on that assessment, it can transmit a command to implement remediation, such as adjusting network operations to mitigate internal corrosion and minimize external corrosion.

Career Highlights

Rao’s disclosed invention applies artificial intelligence to support corrosion assessment and remediation planning for gas production infrastructure. By combining operational and corrosion-related data, the system is designed to help identify integrity concerns and guide responses for individual pipe components.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Muhammad Sohaib Khan and Mohammed S Alqahtani as Rao’s coworkers. Their specific roles in the patent or related work were not provided.

Conclusion

Koppuravuri Balakoteswara Rao’s patent focuses on using data-driven assessment and remediation commands to support the integrity management of non-scrapable gas flowlines.