ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,719, issued on June 24, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Flow control system for use in a subterranean well" was invented by Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, Texas), Ryan W. McChesney (Prosper, Texas) and Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow control system for use in controlling flow of a fluid composition in a subterranean well is disclosed. The flow control system includes a flow chamber that includes an inlet and an outlet oriented such that the fluid composition flows circuitously through the chamber, forming a vortex at least at the outlet. The flow control system fu...