ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,995, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Methods of determining wellbore integrity" was invented by Peter J. Boul (Houston) and Ashok Santra (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of determining the integrity of a well are provided. The methods include mixing conductive materials into a fluid, introducing the fluid into the well, and allowing the conductive materials to coat a surface of a subsurface formation, thereby forming an electrically conductive data conduit coating. The methods further include transmitting data through the electrically conductive data condu...