ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,510, issued on March 31, was assigned to Advantek International Corp. (Houston).

"Slurrification and disposal of waste by pressure pumping into a subsurface formation" was invented by Ahmed S. Abou-Sayed (Houston), Gareth Block (Houston) and Omar Abou-Sayed (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computerized method for management of a slurry injection well and the associated surface facility. The method utilizes real time and historical data of injection and slurry parameters in conjunction with computer simulations on a computer-modelled reservoir to predict well behavior during one or a series of injection events. The system de...