ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,713, issued on June 16, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Dormant packer fracturing completion system" was invented by Brandon Lee Schneider (Calgary, Canada), Matthew McCarthy (Calgary, Canada) and Roman Vakulin (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of utilizing degradable components on a coiled tubing fracturing system to place a packer in a dormant state. Degrading or dissolving the component remove to remove an obstruction in the actuation system. The removal of the obstruction causes a drag collet assembly of the dormant packer to be activated allowing the packer to...