US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 13 for "Downhole fluid separator design in multilateral well" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,123, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole fluid separator design in multilateral well" was invented by Muzzammil Shakeel (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Zac Arackakudiyil Suresh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a lower completion disposed in a main bore of a multilateral well in a position downhole from a junction of the multilateral well. The system may also include a fluid separator configured to receive formation fluid, which includes oil and water, flowing from the lower completion. The fluid separator may be configured to at least partially...