US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 14 for "Electrically-actuated blow-out preventer" (Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,410, issued on July 14, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Electrically-actuated blow-out preventer" was invented by Suman Katanguri (Sugar Land, Texas), Matthew Givens (Sugar Land, Texas), Matthew Olson (Randaberg, Norway) and Jesse Hardt (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes actuating a blow-out preventer (BOP) by moving a ram using an electric motor. The method also includes capturing sensor data with one or more sensors as the BOP is electrically-actuated. The method also includes determining one or more parameters with a controller based upon the sensor data. The method al...