ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,584, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Tube wave analysis of well communication" was invented by John Thomas Mayo (Stafford, Texas), Andrey Vladimirovich Bogdan (Richmond, Texas), Adam Ethan Keilers (Richmond, Texas) and Dmitriy Usoltsev (Richmond, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure wave is generated within a first well extending into a subterranean formation. A pressure response associated with the pressure wave is detected from a second well extending into the formation. Information is then determined, based on the pressure response in the second well, wherein the ...