ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,625, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Telescoping laser system for subsurface perforation" was invented by Ahmed Ali Alrashed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing subsurface laser perforation includes a tubing deployed within a wellbore including a target layer for perforation, the tubing in communication with a surface location, and a slim laser subsurface tool operatively coupled to the tubing, the laser subsurface tool including a body coupled to the tubing, a telescoping laser head dispos...