ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,087, issued on May 19, was assigned to EXERO WELL INTEGRITY (Denver).

"Systems and methods for producing wellbore fluids" was invented by Alexandra Elizabeth Cedola (Edgewater, Colo.), Elizabeth Ann Sones (Morrison, Colo.), Matthew David Hudson (Lakewood, Colo.) and Cheve Arlyn Meyer (Evergreen, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus for producing wellbore fluids using drill cuttings, geopolymers, and/or mine tailings, and compositions relating to the same are disclosed. The drill cuttings, geopolymers, and/or mine tailings may be used to create appropriate wellbore fluids to be used in wellbore fluid sup...