ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,747, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Memory casing collar locator-gamma ray tool carrier for coiled tubing applications" was invented by Koray Yilmaz (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Abdulaziz Omar Aqeel (Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia) and Mustafa Radhi Alzaid (Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for a carrier sub for a coiled tubing in a well including an outer housing coupled to the coiled tubing, an inner housing disposed inside the outer housing defining an annulus between the inner and outer housing, and a sensor tool including a casing collar locato...