ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,036, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Coiled tubing dimpling tools" was invented by Mahesh Panari (Pune, India), Saket Patel (Pune, India), Mark Callister Oettli (Sugar Land, Texas) and Maxime Bouffe (Sugar Land, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods presented herein facilitate providing at least partially automated power for the purpose of forming dimples in coiled tubing. For example, a coiled tubing dimpling tool may include a cylindrical housing configured to receive and secure coiled tubing therein. The coiled tubing dimpling tool may also include one or mo...