US Patent Issued to Rival Downhole Tools LC on March 3 for "Selectively activated friction reduction tool and method" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,816, issued on March 3, was assigned to Rival Downhole Tools LC (Houston).

"Selectively activated friction reduction tool and method" was invented by Gunther Hh von Gynz-Rekowski (Montgomery, Texas) and Mark Allen Reeves (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction reduction tool configured for selective activation downhole in response to a variation in a media flow's operating condition. A valve assembly and an activation assembly are both positioned downstream of a power assembly, which is configured to rotate a rotating valve segment of the valve assembly with media flow through the tool. The activation assembly is configure...