ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,219, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Youngquist Brothers Inc. (Fort Myers, Fla.).
"Air developed packer testing system" was invented by Harvey Bruce Youngquist Jr. (Fort Myers, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for performing packer testing in subterranean wells using air to remove liquids from an isolated section of the well. Packers are inflated to isolate a section of the well. Air is introduced into the tubing, which creates a vacuum in the tubing. The vacuum pulls liquids out of the isolated zone and up to the surface and out of the well. The vacuum empties the isolated zone so that the zone can be teste...