US Patent Issued to AMERICAN WELL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS on June 3 for "System and method for reducing friction, torque and drag in artificial lift systems used in oil and gas production wells" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,886, issued on June 3, was assigned to AMERICAN WELL TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC (Gardendale, Texas).

"System and method for reducing friction, torque and drag in artificial lift systems used in oil and gas production wells" was invented by Scott Rettberg (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of lubricating a fluid production pump may include mixing a polarized lubricant with water to produce a diluted lubricant. The method may additionally include creating a flowpath within the fluid production pump. An initial volume of the diluted lubricant may be circulated within the flowpath to allow the diluted lubricant to ...