US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on March 25 for "Cement strength evaluation in a simulated downhole setting with acoustic measurements" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,366, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Cement strength evaluation in a simulated downhole setting with acoustic measurements" was invented by Arpita P. Bathija (Houston) and Peter J. Boul (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cement bond test cell includes an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder coaxially disposed within the outer cylinder along a central axis. The inner cylinder defines an inner volume configured to be filled with a fluid. An annulus is formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder and configured to be filled with a test cement. The cement bond te...