US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 23 for "Using expandable metal as an alternate to existing metal to metal seals" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,824, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Using expandable metal as an alternate to existing metal to metal seals" was invented by Robert Travis Murphy (Carrollton, Texas), Terapat Apichartthabrut (Carrollton, Texas) and Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a seal assembly, a method for sealing, and a well system. The seal assembly, in one aspect, includes a pipe having an outer tubular positioned thereabout, the outer tubular and pipe forming an enclosed seal gland. The seal assembly, according to this aspect, further includes expanded metal p...