US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 20 for "Systems and methods for separating and storing downhole debris" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,287, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods for separating and storing downhole debris" was invented by Pramod Chamarthy (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris separation and storage ("SAS") apparatus for removing debris from a wellbore, the SAS apparatus including a chamber that includes a housing and an inlet tube located within the housing. The inlet tube includes a plurality of exit apertures positioned along the length of the inlet tube and configured to allow flow of a debris slurry, within the wellbore, from the inlet tube into an SAS area outside...