US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 10 for "Non-reactive colloid particles to stop gas migration in expandable metal applications" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,063, issued on June 10, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Non-reactive colloid particles to stop gas migration in expandable metal applications" was invented by Roberto Vega (Singapore), Rutger Evers (Singapore) and Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a downhole tool, a well system, and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a housing, as well as an expandable metal member positioned about the housing, the expandable metal member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The downhole tool, according to one aspect, further include...