US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on Oct. 21 for "High solids content fluid techniques" (Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,871, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"High solids content fluid techniques" was invented by Juan-Carlos Santamaria (Sugar Land, Texas), Kinga Hendum (Stavanger, Norway), Nirupama Vaidya (Sugar Land, Texas), Elvin Yusifzada (Stavanger, Norway), Balkrishna Gadiyar (Sugar Land, Texas) and Christopher Daeffler (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes placing, via a bailer, a slurry into a wellbore to deposit a slurry downhole. The slurry includes a solids mixture and a fluid. The method also includes terminating placement of the slurry for a period of time. ...