ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,558, issued on April 22, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Methods of stimulating a hydrocarbon well" was invented by James B. Thomas (Aledo, Texas), Owen J. Hehmeyer (Houston), Nancy H. Choi (Ft. Worth, Texas), Erik N. English (Ft. Worth, Texas) and Eric R. Grueschow (Naperville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of stimulating a hydrocarbon well are disclosed herein. The hydrocarbon well includes a wellbore that extends within a subterranean formation and a tubular that extends within the wellbore and defines a tubular conduit. The methods include retaining a sealing structure with...