US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Aug. 11 for "Downhole low-thrust power generation turbine and method for power generation" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,047, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Downhole low-thrust power generation turbine and method for power generation" was invented by Gocha Chochua (Sugar Land, Texas) and Christopher Rowe (Stonehouse, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects presented provide for a low-cost downhole generation turbine. In embodiments, the downhole power generation turbine is configured to minimize the effects of thrust that may be present in the downhole environment, thereby increasing the service life of the downhole power generation turbine. A method of generating an electric current ...