US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Jan. 20 for "Dual-function radiation shielding for downhole tool" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,167, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Dual-function radiation shielding for downhole tool" was invented by Sicco Beekman (Houston) and Justin Mlcak (Richmond, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool is provided that includes radiation shielding using a material that is lighter, stronger, less expensive, and/or more commercially available than tungsten radiation shielding. Such a downhole tool may include an electronic radiation generator that emits photons through a source window located on an outer surface of the downhole tool. A detector may detect at least some of ...