US Patent Issued to Oso Perforating on Nov. 4 for "Perforating gun with self-orienting charge cartridge" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,518, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Oso Perforating LLC (Irving, Texas).

"Perforating gun with self-orienting charge cartridge" was invented by Jeremy Ursi (Frisco, Texas), Nathan McFarland (Euless, Texas), Kerron James (Fort Worth, Texas), David Knecht (Colleyville, Texas), Peter Galligan (Grapevine, Texas) and Varun Garg (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun with a self-orienting charge cartridge is disclosed for use in oil and gas completions operations. In one or more embodiments, the perforating gun may include a carrier tube within which the self-orienting charge cartridge extends and a conductor sub couple...