US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 20 for "Seal and anchor for expandable liner hangers" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,292, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Seal and anchor for expandable liner hangers" was invented by Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore), Mark S. Holly (Singapore), Daniel Craig Newton (Singapore) and Chee Sing Kelvin Loh (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a variety of methods and apparatus for an expandable liner hanger including a first raised portion as a sealing element of a first material. The first raised portion may be configured to engage a casing in a wellbore to form a seal between the expandable liner hanger and the casing. The expandable liner hanger may also ...