US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on July 7 for "Technique and test fixture to conduct flow testing simulating a gravel pack in a lab environment at downhole conditions" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,736, issued on July 7, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Technique and test fixture to conduct flow testing simulating a gravel pack in a lab environment at downhole conditions" was invented by Rory Jude DeHart (Burleson, Texas), John Norris Smith (Burleson, Texas) and Aaron Thomas Lafleur (Joshua, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a test gravel pack assembly. The test gravel pack assembly, in one instance, includes a housing having first and second opposing surfaces, the first and second opposing surfaces defining a thickness that simulates a desired downhole gravel pack thickness. In this in...