US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Aug. 11 for "Downhole line retention with axial flow" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,043, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole line retention with axial flow" was invented by Edmund Christopher Williamson (Little Elm, Texas), Stephen Michael Greci (Little Elm, Texas), Ryan M. Novelen (Euless, Texas) and Nicholas A Kuo (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations include a downhole line capture device for use in a wellbore comprising a ring including one or more flutes configured to enable fluid to flow axially through an annular space between the ring and a tubular; and a line retainer coupled with the ring to capture a line running along an outer sur...