US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 13 for "Using an internal hydraulic control system to function an electric inflow valve" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,115, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Using an internal hydraulic control system to function an electric inflow valve" was invented by Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, Texas), Gordon McLeary (Carrollton, Texas) and Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflow control device for a well that may include a chamber, a cavity fluidly connected to the chamber, wherein the cavity comprises a seat, a fluid passageway fluidly connected to the cavity, and an actuator at least partially disposed within the chamber and at least partially disposed in the cavity. The...