ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,599, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Toolface offset measurement tool" was invented by Atallah N. Alharbi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Faisal K. Al-Swailem (Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Richard Mark Pye (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottom-hole assembly includes a measurement while drilling (MWD) tool with a first reference line, a downhole directional tool operatively coupled to the MWD tool and arranged downhole therefrom, the downhole directional tool including a second reference line, a projection device securable to the MWD tool and including a mount that i...