ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,873, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"High flow insert safety valve that is well pressure insensitive" was invented by Matthew Gassen (Carrollton, Texas) and James Dan Vick Jr. (Carrollton, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert valve configured to be installed, at least partially, in a safety valve in a borehole that includes a flow port disposed on an exterior of the insert valve, a poppet configured to control a fluid flow through the flow port, an upper piston rod, disposed uphole from the poppet, configured to move the poppet past at least part of the flow port, and a chambe...