US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 21 for "Downhole fracturing tool assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,084, issued on July 21, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole fracturing tool assembly" was invented by Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, Texas) and Richard Decena Ornelaz (Frisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a downhole fracturing tool assembly, a well system, and a method for fracturing a well system. The downhole fracturing tool assembly, in one aspect, includes a fracturing port cover coupleable to an interior of a wellbore casing having one or more fracturing ports therein. The downhole fracturing tool assembly, according to this aspect, further includes a fracturing port cover...