US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Oct. 27 for "Sidewall tubular cleaner and sampling tool" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,653, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Sidewall tubular cleaner and sampling tool" was invented by Fahmi Aulia (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia), Saud Alabdulqader (Al Hassa City, Saudi Arabia) and Naif Hisham Al Afaliq (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole cleaner-sampler device includes a structure having a first section, a second section, and a third section aligned on an axis. The first section includes a housing, a suction pump arranged in the housing, a rotary motor arranged in the housing, and a first sampler. The first sampler defines an inlet, an outlet, an...