US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on Jan. 13 for "Processes and apparatus for the removal of debris during downhole operations" (Saudi Arabia, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,120, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Processes and apparatus for the removal of debris during downhole operations" was invented by Ahmed Moge Ali (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Deo Dindial (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Hadrien Dumont (Paris) and Tariq Ahmed Mattar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and apparatus for the removal of debris from conveyances and/or ports within a downhole fluid sampling apparatus. In some embodiments, the process can include providing a fluid sampling apparatus that includes a body that defines a volume. The process can also include...