US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 21 for "Electric completion system and methodology" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,086, issued on July 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Electric completion system and methodology" was invented by Oguzhan Guven (Rosharon, Texas), David Lardy (Rosharon, Texas) and Robert Krush (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates construction and operation of electric completion systems which may be used in the oil and gas industry. The technique is able to eliminate some or all hydraulic lines and replace them with electric lines. Depending on the application, the electric power may be provided via a surface-based power source and/or a downhole power storage/generatio...