ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,600, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Dual tubing locating adaptor for a tubing string" was invented by Kjell Revheim (Bucharest, Romania), Jose Francisco Hurtado (Rosharon, Texas) and Mikhail V. Gotlib (Rosharon, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual tubing locating adapter ("DLTA") for use with a mule shoe. The DLTA may include a housing, a primary tubing string, a lateral tubing string, and a retention mechanism. The primary tubing string may be positioned at least partially within the DLTA. The lateral tubing string may be positioned at least partially within the DLTA an...