US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Sept. 9 for "Completion string, method, and system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,663, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Completion string, method, and system" was invented by Wilfred Provost (Tomball, Texas), Herb Dhuet (Richmond, Texas) and Michael Johnson (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completion string, including an upper completion having a shifting tool, and a lower completion having a hydraulic releaser and a valve responsive to the shifting tool. A method for completing a well, including running the completion string in a borehole, establishing pressure integrity, applying tubing pressure to release the hydraulic releaser, and shifting the v...