ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,198, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to OnTarget Drilling LLC (Houston).
"Self-contained compact rotary steerable system" was invented by Sylvain Bedouet (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-sufficient rotary steerable system configured to provide a bottom hole assembly with a build-up rate of at least 25 degrees per 100 feet of drilling distance. The rotary steerable system has a reduced length without the removal or omission of functional components, including a power module, a control module, a communication module, a filter module, a valve module, and/or a pressure regulation module. The build-up rate is defined as a fu...