US Patent Issued to Well-Set P&A AS on Oct. 21 for "Tool, system and method for delivering and pressure testing a downhole plug in one trip" (Romanian, Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,882, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Well-Set P&A AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Tool, system and method for delivering and pressure testing a downhole plug in one trip" was invented by Nader Behjat (Stavanger, Norway) and Grant Mackenzie Knight (Voluntari, Romania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug delivery and pressure test tool are for delivering a plug to a wellbore or tubular and pressure testing the plug in a single trip. The tool has an uphole end and a downhole end; a sealing element; a pressure adjustment means; and a plug attachment means. The plug attachment means is configured to carry a selectively expandable plug to a d...