ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,698, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Fracture characterization while drilling" was invented by Emmanuel Legendre (Clamart, France), Fabienne Legendre (Clamart, France), Alexandre Abellan (Clamart, France), Martin G. Luling (Clamart, France) and Carlos Jeronimo Maeso (Galashiels, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include acquiring data from a borehole imaging tool disposed in a borehole in a formation where the borehole includes electrically insulating oil-based fluid introduced into the borehole as a drilling lubricant; determining, based on the data, ele...