US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 16 for "Whipstock for use with a mill bit including varying material removal rates" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,842, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Whipstock for use with a mill bit including varying material removal rates" was invented by Wesley P. Dietz (Carrollton, Texas), David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas) and Christopher Grace (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a whipstock and well system. The whipstock, in one aspect, includes a coupling section having a first radius of curvature, the coupling section configured to engage with a mill bit when running in hole. The whipstock, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a casing breakthrough section having a ...