US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on April 7 for "Downhole fiber optic cable designed with improved strain response and designed for long life in the well" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,235, issued on April 7, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole fiber optic cable designed with improved strain response and designed for long life in the well" was invented by Michel LeBlanc (Houston), John Laureto Maida (Houston) and Mikko Jaaskelainen (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fiber cable for use in a wellbore proximate to a subsurface formation, the optical fiber cable comprising one or more optical fibers configured in a state of axial compression at room temperature, wherein the one or more optical fibers are configured to remain in the state of axial compression during a t...