US Patent Issued to THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS on Jan. 27 for "Advancing a tubular string in a wellbore" (Montana, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,970, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS INC. (Newcastle, Okla.).

"Advancing a tubular string in a wellbore" was invented by Roger L. Schultz (Ninnekah, Okla.) and Bradley J. Miller (Joliet, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for displacing a tubular string in a wellbore can include axially vibrating the tubular string at a surface location, and reducing friction between the tubular string and the wellbore due to the axially vibrating. The axial vibration may be imparted by operation of an injector assembly. The axial vibration may be imparted by operation of a vibration tool connected between the inje...