US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 29 for "Open hole washout mapping and steering tool" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,877, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Open hole washout mapping and steering tool" was invented by Fuad A. Alsultan (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia) and Hassan M. Alabdullah (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well system includes a coiled tubing system arranged at a well surface and including coiled tubing extendable into a wellbore, and a washout mapping and steering tool conveyable into the wellbore as attached to the coiled tubing. The washout mapping and steering tool includes a main body having opposing first and second ends and defining a central cavity, th...