US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on June 16 for "Wellhead pusher tool for a tubing hanger" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,701, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Wellhead pusher tool for a tubing hanger" was invented by Anas Mahmoud Albalawi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Noor Chozin Ali Che Jaffar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohanad Asali (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wellhead pusher tool and method for replacing a tubing hanger. The tool includes an upper body coupled to the tubing hanger including an internal section, a lower body fitted inside the internal section, a piston assembly, and a control line hydraulically connected to the chamber. The lower body moves inside the upper...