ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,363, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Guangzhou, China).

"Nitrogen-carbon dioxide mixed gas jetting apparatus for horizontal well and exploitation method" was invented by Dongliang Li (Guangzhou, China), Xiang Li (Guangzhou, China), Fuqin Lu (Guangzhou, China), Deqing Liang (Guangzhou, China), Xuebing Zhou (Guangzhou, China) and Jingsheng Lu (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nitrogen-carbon dioxide mixed gas jet apparatus for a horizontal well and an exploitation method is presented. The jet apparatus includes: an offshore platform, a natural ga...