ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,382, issued on March 24, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for pipe conveyed gravel pack" was invented by William Dale Wood (Montgomery, Texas), John Barton Weirich (Spring, Texas), Patrick James Zimmerman Sr. (Houston), Harold Gordon Riordan (Houston), Alvaro Jose Arrazola (Houston) and Harry Anderson Hope (Humble, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravel pack production string component of a production string used for a gravel pack operation may include a body having a wall that forms a cavity, and also may include a gravel load disposed around an outer surface of the wall of the bo...