US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on June 30 for "Dual flexible shaft apparatus for improved downhole operations" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,025, issued on June 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Dual flexible shaft apparatus for improved downhole operations" was invented by Idalia Ovalle Stevenson (Sugar Land, Texas), Rishi Mishra (Rosenberg, Texas) and Dan Tabalan (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and a tool are disclosed herein for improved debris collection within a wellbore. An example debris collection tool can include a motor rotationally coupled to a pump by a first flexible shaft, the pump rotationally coupled to a gearbox by a second flexible shaft, and the gear box rotationally coupled to a milling bi...