US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 1 for "Systems and methods for steering a downhole tool" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,471, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for steering a downhole tool" was invented by Edward Richards (Stonehouse, Great Britain), Blaine Dow (Sugar Land, Texas), Jean-Marie Degrange (Sugar Land, Texas), Sonu Poulo Jose (Stonehouse, Great Britain), Edward George Parkin (Stonehouse, Great Britain) and Stephen Louks (Stonehouse, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a body having a rotational axis. A device may include a steering pad, the steering pad being movable radially outward relative to the body at a hinge. A device may include a ...