US Patent Issued on June 23 for "Sensor and method for determining fractions of oil, water, and solids in drilling fluid in real time" (Texas, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,409, issued on June 23.

"Sensor and method for determining fractions of oil, water, and solids in drilling fluid in real time" was invented by Syed Ehsanur Rahman (Conroe, Texas), Ian L. Everhard (The Woodlands, Texas), Reza Ettehadi Osgouei (Spring, Texas), Nils Kaageson-Loe (Claremore, Okla.) and Aswath Krishnan (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating an oil, water, and solids fraction of a drilling fluid includes a conduit containing the drilling fluid, an electromagnetic sensor in communication with the drilling fluid that senses a combined water and solids fraction, and at least one of a conduct...