ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,851, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Reaming a wellbore" was invented by Mohammed T. Alsharif (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations of the present disclosure include a drilling assembly that includes a drill string, one or more sensors, and a reamer assembly. The sensors detect at least one parameter of the drill string or wellbore. The reamer assembly has a housing, at least one movable reamer pads, and a valve. The housing defines a cavity arranged to receive fluid from the drill string. The at least one movable reamer pad is at least partially dis...