ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,376, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Radial inflow hole geometry" was invented by Casey Laine Newport (Tulsa, Okla.), David McManus (Tulsa, Okla.) and Andre Joseph Bernier (Tulsa, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intake section for an electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly comprising an outer housing with a plurality of inflow ports distributed across an outer surface of the intake housing in a proportional pattern. The size and shape of the plurality of inflow ports within the proportional pattern are configured to distribute the inflow flowrate of fluids across the outer surf...