US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Sept. 30 for "Electrically actuated annular system and method for use in blowout preventer" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,924, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Electrically actuated annular system and method for use in blowout preventer" was invented by Gerrit Kroesen (Katy, Texas), Bruce Boulanger (Katy, Texas) and Suman Katanguri (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique facilitates reliable operation of a blowout preventer (BOP) system in a wide range of challenging environments. To enable dependable and rapid closing of the internal passageway of the BOP system, an annular closing system is employed. The annular closing system is fully electrically actuated and may comprise ...