ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,383, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Automated wellbore ranging" was invented by Sean Hinke (Calgary, Canada), Richard T. Hay (Spring, Texas) and Pete L. Schiermeier (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for drilling a first borehole along a planned first path using a first bottom hole assembly (BHA) while drilling a second borehole using a second BHA along a second path having a defined spatial relationship to the first path. The method includes steps of measuring a distance and a direction of the first BHA relative to the second BHA, automatically adjusting the s...