ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,646, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Foro Energy Inc. (Houston).
"Systems, tools and methods for well decommissioning" was invented by Scott A. Marshall (Houston), Daryl Grubb (Houston), Brian O. Faircloth (Evergreen, Colo.), Mark S. Zediker (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Kenneth L. Havlinek (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided high power laser systems for performing decommissioning of structures in land based boreholes, and wells, offshore, and other remote and hazardous locations, and using those system to perform decommissioning operations. In particular embodiments the laser system is a Class I system and...