US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on May 19 for "Alignment system and methodology utilizing rotating control device" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,073, issued on May 19, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Alignment system and methodology utilizing rotating control device" was invented by Jaakko Jalmari Halmari (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates drilling of a borehole by simplifying alignment between a running tool and a seal rotating system. According to an embodiment, the running tool is connected into a drill string. The drill string is then used to move the running tool linearly within the seal rotating system until engagement of an alignment mechanism occurs. With continued linear movement, the alignment mechanism...