US Patent Issued to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY on May 13 for "Bottom hole assembly having three-point contact for improved steering" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,737, issued on May 13, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Bottom hole assembly having three-point contact for improved steering" was invented by Geoffrey Charles Downton (Minchinhampton, Great Britain), Riadh Boualleg (Gloucester, Great Britain) and Edward Richards (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a bottom hole assembly (BHA) that includes a drill bit configured to drill a pilot hole in a subterranean formation, such that the drill bit provides a first point of contact between the BHA and the subterranean formation. The BHA includes a steering pad assembly th...