ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,803, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Wellbore notching assembly" was invented by Gallyam Aidagulov (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Devon Chikonga Gwaba (Kennesaw, Ga.), Abbad Mustapha (Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Murtadha J. AlTammar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well tool for generating a notch in an open-hole wellbore, includes a tool body having a housing defining at least one slot and an interior volume. The tool body includes a cutting device disposed in the interior volume, configured to form a notch in a f...