ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,868, issued on April 29, was assigned to DUCON-BECKER SERVICE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Ventura, Calif.).

"Well production methods and tubing systems" was invented by Billy G. Becker (Ventura, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for artificial gas lift of a fluid from a well includes lowering a tubing system into the well, wherein the tubing system includes an inner tubular string, and an outer tubular string disposed concentrically around the inner tubular string; based on a flow amount of the fluid from the well, selecting an artificial gas lift process; reconfiguring the tubing system, while in the well, to implement the selected ...