ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,626, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Modular perforation tool" was invented by Andrew Prisbell (Sugar Land, Texas), Atsushi Nakano (Sugar Land, Texas), Todd Busch (Alvin, Texas) and Erick Lowe (Clamart, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforation tool for use in a well bore is described herein. The perforation tool comprises a housing; a plurality of frames that fit inside the housing, each frame having a cylindrical shape with a central axis and a plurality of liners, each liner having an axis perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the axes of the liners of each fram...