ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,373, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA INC. (Houston).

"Methods and apparatus for creating and using a multi-dimensional data matrix to identify an optimum rotary steerable system setting" was invented by Mohammad Hamzah (Katy, Texas), Tatiana Borges (Katy, Texas) and Colin Gillan (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method that includes an electronic application identifying an ending of a first drilling segment and a simultaneous beginning of a second drilling segment; identifying a data set of the first drilling segment; automatically creating, in response to the identification of the first dr...