US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on June 9 for "Sorel cement with a hydrophobic modifier" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,873, issued on June 9, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sorel cement with a hydrophobic modifier" was invented by Shoy George (Pune, India), Larry Eoff (Houston) and Sudhir Nimane (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of methods, systems, and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a cement composition comprising an alkaline earth metal oxide, a soluble salt, a water-proofing agent comprising a divalent cation carbonate coated with fatty acid, and water. In other embodiments, the cement composition is introduced and allowed to set in a subterranean formation."

The patent w...