US Patent Issued to ENI on Jan. 20 for "Downhole rock mechanics characterisation tool, assembly and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,309, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ENI S.P.A. (Rome).

"Downhole rock mechanics characterisation tool, assembly and method" was invented by Silvia Haiz (San Donato Milanese, Italy), Andrea Biondi (Venice, Italy) and Mauro Favaretto (Venice, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the drilling of oil wells and more particularly to a testing tool, a testing assembly and method for use in measuring selected rock mechanics characteristics downhole."

The patent was filed on Sept. 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/640,404.

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