US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 15 for "Method to perform selection of optical gauge length of fibers used in hydrocarbon recovery operations, carbon capture and sequestration, and geothermal applications" (Canadian, American, Malaysian, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,694, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Method to perform selection of optical gauge length of fibers used in hydrocarbon recovery operations, carbon capture and sequestration, and geothermal applications" was invented by Theo Cuny (Clamart, France), Joel Herve Le Calvez (Sugar Land, Texas), Pierre Bettinelli (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Nicholas Fundytus (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments presented provide for use of fiber optics within the wellbore environment. Embodiments further provide selection of optimal gauge length of fiber optics in hydrocarbon ...