US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 24 for "Two-part drilling and running tool including a one way mechanism" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,697, issued on June 24, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Two-part drilling and running tool including a one way mechanism" was invented by Lars Petter Larsen (Stavanger, Norway), Borisa Lajesic (Stavanger, Norway), Morten Falnes (Stavanger, Norway) and Vegard Dyrseth (Stavanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a two-part drilling and running tool, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The two-part drilling and running tool, in one aspect, includes a conveyance, a smaller assembly coupled to an end of the conveyance, and a larger bit assembly slidably coupled to the convey...