ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,607, issued on May 12, was assigned to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Tubing hanger re-entry tool" was invented by Brian Craig (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Malcolm David Finlayson (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Michael Donnelly (Aberdeen, Great Britain), Timothy Crowther (Brechin, Great Britain) and Andrew Hughes (Aberdeen, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a system for a re-entry tool to be used with oilfield equipment is disclosed. A stinger that includes flushing holes to enable fluid for flushing through the re-entry tool and into one or more of an Xmas tree head,...