US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on March 18 for "Large shaped charge perforation tool" (American, French, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,964, issued on March 18, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Large shaped charge perforation tool" was invented by Andrew Prisbell (Sugar Land, Texas), Erick Lowe (Clamart, France), Hari Prakash Kalakonda (Pune, India) and Jay Garza (La Marque, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforation tool features a container with a longitudinal axis; an initiator module in the container, the initiator module having a firing circuit, an electrical contact at the longitudinal axis, and a detonator housing; and a shaped charge frame in the container, the shaped charge frame having a first end; a second end op...