US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods using a bellows pump to perform operations for a subterranean formation" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,834, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods using a bellows pump to perform operations for a subterranean formation" was invented by Justin Lee Hurst (Duncan, Okla.), Timothy Holiman Hunter (Duncan, Okla.), Andrew Silas Clyburn (Duncan, Okla.) and Kurt R. Harpold (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary systems for introducing treatment fluid into a well can include a bellows pump and a make-up system configured to maintain a controlled volume of fluid between the piston and the bellows of the bellows pump. The make-up system can be fluidly coupled to the bellows...