US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 5 for "Lateral locating assembly having one or more production ports" (British, Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,307, issued on May 5, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Lateral locating assembly having one or more production ports" was invented by Franklin Rodriguez (Stavanger, Norway) and Yoann Santin (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a lateral locating assembly, a well system, and a method. The lateral locating assembly, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, as well as a bendable deflection tip coupled to the tubular, the bendable deflection tip configured to move between a straight position and a bent position upon the application of fluid pressure thereto. The lateral locating assembly, accord...