ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,881, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Downhole monitoring of hydraulic equipment" was invented by Steven Nicholas Hill (Houston), Darcio Aparecido Braga (Fulshear, Texas), Geoffrey Pinard (Missouri City, Texas) and Mannix Flores-Cruz (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates use of sensor data, e.g., pressure data, associated with hydraulic control lines. According to an embodiment, a well string is deployed in a borehole and comprises a tool coupled with a hydraulic control line and operated via hydraulic inputs delivered through the hydraulic control li...