ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,705, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Intervention combinations to boost well performance in geothermal systems" was invented by Abdul Muqtadir Khan (Sugar Land, Texas), Ashley Bernard Johnson (Cambridge, Great Britain), Benoit Deville (Sugar Land, Texas), Isaac Aviles (Sugar Land, Texas), Santiago Hassig Fonseca (Sugar Land, Texas) and Richard L. Christie (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production ...