US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 17 for "Density dependent fluid flow control to maximize thermal recovery in geothermal wells utilizing supercritical working fluid" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,963, issued on June 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Density dependent fluid flow control to maximize thermal recovery in geothermal wells utilizing supercritical working fluid" was invented by Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, Texas) and Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus to be positioned in a geothermal wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The apparatus comprises one or more components to inject a supercritical fluid into the subsurface formation. The apparatus comprises a flow control assembly configured to control flow of the supercritical fluid ...