US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 2 for "High-pressure multilateral junction with mainbore and lateral access and control" (Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,747, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"High-pressure multilateral junction with mainbore and lateral access and control" was invented by David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas), Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri (Frisco, Texas), Stacey Blaine Donovan (Fort Worth, Texas), Morten Falnes (Sola, Norway), Wesley Paul Dietz (Carrollton, Texas) and Christian Alexander Ramirez (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a y-block, a multilateral junction, and a method for forming a well system. The y-block, in one aspect, includes a housing having a first end and a second opposing end, and a s...