US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Oct. 6 for "Integrating ethernet technology within drilling systems" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,688, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Integrating ethernet technology within drilling systems" was invented by Alha Kane (Richmond, Texas), Antoine Benard (Houston), Nicholas Smith (Katy, Texas) and Ken-Vidar Ditlefsen (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first tool including first control circuitry, wherein the first tool is configured to perform a first operation within a borehole, and a second tool including second control circuitry, wherein the second tool is configured to perform a second operation within the borehole, and wherein the first cont...