US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 20 for "Powered orientation of downhole separators in a well" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,301, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Powered orientation of downhole separators in a well" was invented by Stacey Blaine Donovan (Carrollton, Texas), David J. Steele (Carrollton, Texas) and Christian Alexander Ramirez (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a downhole oil-water separation (DOWS) assembly may be configured to be disposed downhole in a well. The DOWS assembly may include a DOWS device configured to operate on fluids in the DOWS assembly. The DOWS assembly also may include a controller configured to determine an orientation of the DOWS de...