US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for facilitating effective fracture initiation" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,326, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Systems and methods for facilitating effective fracture initiation" was invented by Dean Michael Willberg (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods presented herein are configured to facilitate effective fracture initiation. For example, a method includes deploying a tool string into a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation, wherein the tool string comprises a perforating tool and a mechanical reactant delivery assembly; releasing a plurality of chemical reactants from the mechanical reactant delivery a...