ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,043, issued on June 2, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Compositions and methods for pressure protection" was invented by Samiha Said Elsayed Morsy (Houston), Nabijan Nizamidin (Houston), Taimur Malik (Houston) and Mohsen S. Tagavifar (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/615,122.

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