US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Nov. 25 for "Drill string angular offset determination" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,399, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Drill string angular offset determination" was invented by Michael John Strachan (Conroe, Texas) and Pete Louis Schiermeier (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to determine angular offset between reference points on a drill string are achieved automatically using an electronic device, such as a handheld device. A first orientation value corresponding to the first highside reference point is obtained using the electronic device. A second a second orientation value corresponding the second highside reference point is obta...