US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil, Schlumberger Technology on June 23 for "Perforating tool with a hydraulically actuated assembly" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,914, issued on June 23, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Perforating tool with a hydraulically actuated assembly" was invented by Osman Hamid (Richmond, Texas), Hussain Khalifa Al-Dakheel (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Gallyam Aidagulov (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Murtadha J. AlTammar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for a bottom hole assembly to form perforations are provided. An abrasive jet perforating tool is configured to couple to a downhole conveya...