US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 26 for "Fluid trap and baffle system" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,927, issued on May 26, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Fluid trap and baffle system" was invented by Christopher C. Hoelscher (Arlington, Texas), Kevin Cook (Arlington, Texas) and Joshua Lavery (Perth, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the subject technology relate to apparatus and methods for monitoring constituent components of underground fluids. A perforation device of the present disclosure may be physically attached to a casing, the casing may be placed in a wellbore, and an explosion may be initiated that results in establishing fluid communication between subterranean strata of a ...