ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,889, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hybrid bailer" was invented by Abdullah T. Alsulaim (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Fahad M. Al-Ajmi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Saad Hamid (Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for deployment in a conduit of a tubular having an obstruction includes a fish neck connected to a deployment device configured to deploy the fish neck into the conduit of the tubular. The apparatus also includes a sand bailer connected to the fish neck. The sand bailer has a diameter larger than a diameter of the fish neck and the sand bailer is co...