US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 14 for "Method and apparatus for creating downhole electrical connections" (British, Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,878, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and apparatus for creating downhole electrical connections" was invented by Euan Martin Murdoch (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain), Pranay Asthana (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Rae Younger (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for downhole electrical connection includes: a heater adapted to convert electric energy to thermal energy to liquefy a piece of electronically conductive material; a first electrical circuitry connected to the heater and a power source; a first assembly in which a first connector is ...