US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Nov. 11 for "Ablating materials in a wellbore" (Saudi Arabia, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,342, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Ablating materials in a wellbore" was invented by Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) and Sameeh Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a laser tool for ablating solid materials in a wellbore. The laser tool includes a housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a laser head attached to a side of the housing between the first end and the second end. The laser head is optically coupled to a laser source and includes optical elements configured to focus a las...