ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,257, issued on April 14, was assigned to WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (Houston).
"Fluid sampler tool and associated system and method" was invented by Ahmed Abdalla Elsorsar (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Benoit Pinson (Gabon, United Arab Emirates), Blake L. Alfson (Houston), Gadi Fishel (Katy, Texas) and Gary D. Ingram (Spring, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include deploying into a well a fluid sampler tool including a fluid sampler, a sampler valve, a controller and a sensor, and the controller operating the sampler valve in response to a sensed well parameter being within a predetermined well parameter ...