ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,820, issued on March 25, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Coiled tubing deployment/retrieval apparatus employing multiple tubing guides and a method of use thereof" was invented by Radovan Rolovic (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coiled tubing deployment/retrieval apparatus, a method for deploying/retrieving coiled tubing, and a well system. The coiled tubing deployment/retrieval apparatus, in one aspect, includes a frame, a lower tubing guide coupled to the frame, and an upper tubing guide coupled to the frame. In at least one aspect, the upper tubing guide is configured to move betw...