ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,345, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Silverwell Technology Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Wireless gas lift" was invented by Joel David Shaw (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well system having a wellbore that intersects a subterranean formation, a valve station in the wellbore, and a primary controller on surface that communicates with the valve station using wireless telemetry. The valve station includes a valve member that controls a flow of fluid in the wellbore, an actuator for operating the valve member, and a valve controller that provides command signals to the actuator for positioning the valve member. The prim...