US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Nov. 4 for "Well barriers for subterranean storage of carbon dioxide" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,119, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services (Houston).

"Well barriers for subterranean storage of carbon dioxide" was invented by Samuel J. Lewis (Houston) and Paul J. Jones (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include: introducing a resin modified cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the subterranean formation comprising a caprock and a carbon dioxide injection zone, the resin modified cement slurry comprising: a resin; a hardener, a hydraulic cement; and water; and setting the resin modified cement slurry to form a set cement wherein the set cement forms a carbona...