US Patent Issued to Expro North Sea on Sept. 23 for "Wireless communications with downhole devices using coil hose" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,812, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Expro North Sea Ltd. (Dyce Aberdeen, Great Britain).

"Wireless communications with downhole devices using coil hose" was invented by James Alexander Yard (Bournemouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing communication with a downhole device positioned within a wellbore is provided. The apparatus includes a flexible hose configured to be run into the wellbore during a well intervention process and to provide a fluid communication path from surface into the wellbore. The flexible hose includes at least one communication medium forming at least part of an oute...