US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on April 8 for "Inflow control device, method, and system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,276, issued on April 8, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Inflow control device, method, and system" was invented by John Wakefield (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflow control device includes a first flow control structure that is porous and forms differing flowpaths for water and oil. A method of controlling flow includes flowing a fluid from a source to a destination through the inflow control device, and controlling flow via the first flow control structure such that oil flows through the inflow control device more easily than water. A method of controlling flow includes flowing ...