US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Aug. 11 for "Casing exit assembly, method, and system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,048, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Casing exit assembly, method, and system" was invented by Tuan Nguyen (Pearland, Texas), James Scott Trahan (Magnolia, Texas) and David Alexander (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A casing exit assembly, including a whipstock, a mill releasably attached to the whipstock, the mill including an initiation sensor and a drive, and an anchor attached to the whipstock, the anchor including a housing with a ramp, a slip disposed to move radially of the housing upon axially transitioning on the ramp, and an interlock operably attached to the driver...