ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,966, issued on May 6, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Systems and methods for ranging and tracking while drilling multiple geological wells" was invented by Michael Montois (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first rotary steerable tool configured to control a first drilling bit to drill a first well having a first well path. The first rotary steerable tool includes a first direction and inclination component that includes a first set of sensors configured to detect a static magnetic field and a signal source configured to generate a source signal. The system ...