ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,181, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Smart plug integrated sensor system" was invented by Isaac Aviles (Sugar Land, Texas), John Whitsitt (Houston), William Norrid (Denver), Sidney Jasek (Hallettsville, Texas), Robert M. Graham (Houston), Laurent Alteirac (Missouri City, Texas), Bhushan Pendse (Houston), Audrey Cherel (Houston), Huilin Tu (Sugar Land, Texas) and Houssem Kharrat (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates collecting data, related to a fracturing, run-in-hole, or pull-out-of hole operation. A frac plug is provided with electronics for obtaining ...