ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,437, issued on July 22, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Transportable perforation tool" was invented by Andrew Prisbell (Sugar Land, Texas), Mohamed Mehdi (Houston), Jay Garza (La Marque, Texas) and Atsushi Nakano (Rosharon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transportable well completion tool is described. The transportable well completion tool comprises a housing with a charge module disposed within the housing. The charge module comprises explosive charges. An initiator module comprising a detonator is coupled to the housing, and a bulkhead member is disposed within the housing between the i...