US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 16 for "Extensible transition joint for control line protection" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,843, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Extensible transition joint for control line protection" was invented by David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas) and Justin Mark Roberts (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to protecting a control line as it passes through a junction in a downhole environment. An ETJ deployment tool (ETJDT) comprises a tool body comprising a central bore; at least one first component and at least one second component, each component operable to extend and retract laterally from the tool body, wherein the ...