ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,275, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Cement dump bailer with hollow bridge plug" was invented by Abdullah S. Al-Saleh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mortada A. Alkadem (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah A. Alomair (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdulkareem K. Alnafea (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing water shut-off and logging operations in wellbores includes a bridge plug assembly including a cylindrical body, one or more expandable elements mounted to the cylindrical body and operable to generate a pressure seal within the wellbore, a hollow pi...