US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 16 for "Flow diverter and separator for downhole separation in a multi-bore well" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,882, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Flow diverter and separator for downhole separation in a multi-bore well" was invented by David J. Steele (Carrollton, Texas) and Matthew Bradley Stokes (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for downhole separation of at least one of fluids or solids comprises a fluid flow diverter to be positioned downhole in a well. The fluid flow diverter is configured to receive a formation fluid in a multilayer flow structure that comprises a production fluid and a nonproduction fluid, wherein the fluid flow diverter is configured to separat...