US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 13 for "Mixture for pre-cementing operation in wellbore" (Texas, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,762, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Mixture for pre-cementing operation in wellbore" was invented by Kyriacos Agapiou (Houston), Thomas Jason Pisklak (Cypress, Texas), James Robert Benkley (Duncan, Okla.), Claudia Pineda (Humble, Texas) and Paul J. Jones (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment fluid for performing one or more pre-cementing operations in a wellbore can include a base fluid, a viscosifier, and a crushed glass material. The viscosifier can be dispersed in the base fluid. The crushed glass material can be dispersed in the base fluid for performing one or more c...