US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 23 for "Lateral liner including a valved wiper plug assembly" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,898, issued on June 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Lateral liner including a valved wiper plug assembly" was invented by David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas) and Micah Janzen (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a valved wiper plug assembly, a well system, and a method for cementing a lateral liner assembly. The valved wiper plug assembly may include a valved housing, a valve member coupled to the valved housing, the valve member configured to move between an open state to allow cementing and a closed state to catch debris falling from uphole of the valved housing, and a wipe...