US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 17 for "Composite downhole tools" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,613, issued on June 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Composite downhole tools" was invented by Somen Kumar Bhudolia (Singapore), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore), Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore) and Arpana Singh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a downhole tool for use in a borehole, the downhole tool comprising a composite of thermoplastic and fibers, wherein the fibers reinforce the thermoplastic, and wherein fiber placement gives the composite as favoring the hoop strength over the axial str...