US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 16 for "Robotic system for continuous circulation for a drilling operation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,208, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Robotic system for continuous circulation for a drilling operation" was invented by Yan Luo (Frisco, Texas), Adan H. Herrera (Carrollton, Texas) and Kenneth Douglas Cope (Highland Village, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a continuous circulation subcomponent, a robotic device, and a control system. The subcomponent can include a receiving area and can be associated with a drilling operation for forming a wellbore. The robotic device can include an end effector that can include a sensing device and tools corresponding to op...