ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,281, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL Corp. (Houston).

"System and method for rotating casing string via a casing hanger without threads" was invented by Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Houston) and Cody Tibbs (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a casing hanger that includes a first castellated profile and a casing string that includes a second castellated profile such that the first castellated profile is configured to assemble with the second castellated profile to form a mechanical rotational locking feature configured to enable transfer of a rotational torque between the casing hanger and the c...