US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on April 7 for "Multilateral junction fitting for intelligent completion of well" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,717, issued on April 7, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Multilateral junction fitting for intelligent completion of well" was invented by David J. Steele (Arlington, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completion system and method for intelligent control of multilateral wells. A wye-shaped junction fitting defines a hollow interior that is fluidly coupled with the uphole tubing string and both downhole main and lateral completion strings. Hydraulic, electric, and/or fiber-optic communication line segments extend between the uphole end and both downhole ends of the junction fitting for providing power, ...