ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,844, issued on April 29, was assigned to HEAT IP HOLD CO LLC (Aberdeen, Great Britain).

"Completions for well zone control" was invented by James Charles Juranitch (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Alan Craig Reynolds (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a system, method, and apparatus for increased control of steam injection for use in oil and gas recovery in a well. Embodiments can comprise a plurality of controllable zones of injection disposed in the well. The plurality of controllable zones include a primary conduit that houses a plurality of concentric conduits of decreasing...