US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on July 14 for "Integrated mill and perforating downhole tool" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,426, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Integrated mill and perforating downhole tool" was invented by Hassan Wafi Otaif (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdulaziz Khalaf S. Alanazi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated mill and perforating downhole tool includes an elongate body having opposing first and second ends and defining a fluid passage extending therebetween to receive a fluid, a mill operatively coupled to the body at the second end, and a perforating tool operatively coupled to the body at a location between the first and second ends. A ball seat...