ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,361, issued on March 24, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Coiled tubing units and systems for subterranean wellbore operations" was invented by Matthew Scott Bolen (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coiled tubing unit (CTU) for performing subterranean wellbore operations can include a base and a first tubing reel positioned on a first portion of the base, where the first tubing reel includes a first spool and a first coiled tubing, and where the first spool is configured to rotate in order to move the first coiled tubing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation. The CTU can also ...