ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,739, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure" was invented by Ibrahim El Mallawany (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore) and Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a flow restrictor operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2), and a fluidic diode placed between the flow rest...