US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Aug. 11 for "Downhole tool, method, and system" (Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,040, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Downhole tool, method, and system" was invented by Tuan Nguyen (Pearland, Texas), James Scott Trahan (Magnolia, Texas), Morten Eidem (Trondheim, Norway) and Gaute Grindhaug (Hafrsfjord, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A borehole tool, including a first section having a seal and a seal anchor, a second section attached to the first section by a joint having at least two degrees of freedom. A method for positioning and setting a downhole tool, including running a tool to a target location, setting the seal anchor, setting the seal packer, and...