US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Jan. 13 for "Regulating detonation of perforation modules in unbalanced conditions" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,126, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Regulating detonation of perforation modules in unbalanced conditions" was invented by Adnan B. Asif (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia) and Naresh K. Purusharthy (Udhailiyah, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for perforating wellbores include comparing a signal from the least one pressure sensor with a preset pressure and, in response to determining that the signal from the least one pressure sensor is within a preset pressure range, transmitting the activation signal to a firing head."

The patent was filed on Jan. 3, 2024, ...