US Patent Issued to FORTRESS DOWNHOLE TOOLS on Feb. 11 for "Method and apparatus for setting downhole plugs and other objects in wellbores" (Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,845, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FORTRESS DOWNHOLE TOOLS LLC (Broussard, La.).

"Method and apparatus for setting downhole plugs and other objects in wellbores" was invented by Michael R. Robicheaux (Breaux Bridge, La.), Trey Falgout (Lafayette, La.), M. Joseph Montgomery (Lafayette, La.) and Tyler Cook (Youngsville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireline conveyed, gas driven setting tool configured to set downhole tools including, without limitation, frac plugs, bridge plugs, cement retainers and packers. The setting tool is functioned by selectively igniting a power charge inside of a firing head. As the power charge b...