ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,059, issued on March 24, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Sealing element having a polymer blend for subsurface carbon sequestration" was invented by Chad W. Glaesman (Singapore) and Sandeep Thatathil (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a sealing element for a carbon sequestration in a location that is within a subsurface formation, wherein the sealing element is composed of a non-polar elastomer blended and co-cured with a low temperature elastomer having a glass transition temperature that is lower than a glass transition temperature of the non-polar elastomer."

The patent ...