ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,954, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Sleeve assemblies for coiled tubing" was invented by Mansour Mutairi (Khurais, Saudi Arabia), Khaled Alsunnary (Khurais, Saudi Arabia), Metab Enizi (Khurais, Saudi Arabia) and Rayan Albwardi (Khurais, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coiled tubing system includes a coiled tubing injector assembly, a reel arranged adjacent the injector assembly, coiled tubing extending between the reel and the injector assembly and partially wound onto the reel, the coiled tubing having damaged section, and a sleeve assembly removably attachable to...