ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,827, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Analyzing drill cuttings using acoustic analysis" was invented by Dale E. Jamison (Houston), Andrew Vos (Houston), Brian Alan Evans (Houston), Daniel Joshua Stark (Carrollton, Texas), Denise Nicole Benoit (Houston) and Mateusz Michal Dyngosz (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyzing solid components in the return line of a borehole can be accomplished by implementing a bar or disc in the return line. As solid components pass by, they will generate an acoustic wave on impact. In another aspect, solid components can be directed to a shaker syst...