US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 15 for "Interstitial spacing of perforating system" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,541, issued on July 15, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Interstitial spacing of perforating system" was invented by Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, Texas) and Richard Ellis Robey (Mansfield, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun system may include a central support structure and a plurality of charges secured to the central support structure. Each charge of the plurality of charges is configured to perforate a casing and/or sidewall of a wellbore upon detonation. Further, the plurality of charges comprises a first group of charges and a second group of charges, and each charge of the...