ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,973, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Downhole tool" was invented by Mohammed Madan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mahdy Jezany (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah Alshooq (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Talal A. Shihabuddin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool includes a plugging portion including a plug transitionable between a running state, where the plug is retracted and allows the downhole tool to traverse an interior of production tubing, and a plugging state, where the plug expands radially outward to sealingly engage an inner wall of the production tu...