US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 19 for "Resettable configurable intercept sub surface control valve" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,089, issued on May 19, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Resettable configurable intercept sub surface control valve" was invented by Douglas King (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to shifting mandrels in downhole tools based on hydraulic pressure. A downhole tool includes an outer sleeve, an inner mandrel and a valve plate coupled to the inner mandrel. The valve plate and the inner mandrel are configured to shift axially within the outer sleeve. The valve plate is further configured to pass a portion of fluid through the valve plate and pa...