ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,091, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Curing casing leak tool" was invented by Hashim A. Awwami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Turki M. Balhareth (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Hind M. Ghuwainem (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a plug and a tool. The plug is configured to perform one or more pressure tests within the tubular to determine a location of the leak. The tool includes an upper isolation packer, a lower isolation packer, a lower ball valve, an upper ball valve, and drillable tubulars. The upper isolation packer is located up hole from ...