ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,683, issued on June 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Production logging spinner cleaning" was invented by Mustafa A. Al-Huwaider (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Salem H. Suwadi (Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Shouxiang Mark Ma (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production logging tool includes a housing having a first end configured to connect to a well string disposed in a wellbore, a flowmeter assembly supported by the housing and including a spinner exposed to fluid in the wellbore, and a cleaning assembly connected to the housing and including a fluid nozzle directed at the spinner. The s...