US Patent Issued to Newpark Drilling Fluids, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Dec. 23 for "Control of lost circulation through a thermally activated metallic additive" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,635, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC (The Woodlands, Texas) and Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Control of lost circulation through a thermally activated metallic additive" was invented by Ahmed Said Amer (Katy, Texas) and Eric van Oort (Bee Cave, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions for treating a wellbore include an exothermic additive capable of initiating an exothermic event following contact with a carrier fluid. The exothermic additive can have a coating that delays the exothermic event after contact with the carrier fluid. Methods disclosed herein i...