US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Jan. 27 for "Electric inflow valve to fully close and then be reopened without downhole intervention" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,978, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Electric inflow valve to fully close and then be reopened without downhole intervention" was invented by Ryan W. McChesney (Carrollton, Texas), Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas) and Caleb T. Warren (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflow control device and method of use. The device may include a chamber, wherein the chamber comprises a seat. The device may further include a fluid passageway fluidly connected to the chamber, an actuator disposed within the chamber, and a motor at least partially disposed in the chamber and ...