ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,636, issued on June 17, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Smart multi drift tool" was invented by Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa (Doha, Saudi Arabia), Fayez Alenizi (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Omar M. Alhamid (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: releasing the multi-drift tool assembly into a wellbore that includes at least a first section and a second section, wherein the first section borders the second section from above the second section, wherein the first section is sized larger than the second section, and wherein the multi-drift tool assembly comprises at least one s...