US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Feb. 17 for "Fire on demand barrier valve using wireless signal transmission and spring-forced piston" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,310, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fire on demand barrier valve using wireless signal transmission and spring-forced piston" was invented by Peter D W Inglis (Arbroath, Great Britain), Michael Christie (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain) and Colin Reid (Aberdeenshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include actuating a downhole tool. In some embodiments, the methods include the steps of providing a conductor having a first end positioned at a surface location and a second end positioned at a first downhole location within a wellbore, receiving an electrical...