US Patent Issued to HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES on Dec. 16 for "Multilateral junction" (Norwegian, American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,865, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC (Houston).

"Multilateral junction" was invented by David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas), Christian Alexander Jelly (Perth, Australia) and Espen Dahl (Tananger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilateral junction comprising a y-block, lateral legs, and a transition sub for use in downhole well environments. The y-block includes a main bore and lateral bores with main bore and the lateral bores having threaded interfaces. The transition sub also includes lateral bores with threaded interfaces for receiving the lateral legs that also have threaded interfac...