US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 23 for "Fluid flow control system employing a flow restrictor for control pressure" (Saudi Arabia, Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,899, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fluid flow control system employing a flow restrictor for control pressure" was invented by Ibrahim El Mallawany (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Michael Linley Fripp (Singapore) and Stephen Michael Greci (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a fluidic diode operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2), and a flow restrictor placed between the fluidic diode and...