US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 15 for "Deflocculation additives for wellbore servicing fluid additives" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,620, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Deflocculation additives for wellbore servicing fluid additives" was invented by Paul J. Jones (Houston) and Kyriacos Agapiou (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid additive composition comprising a particulate material, an organic carrier fluid, a deflocculant, and optionally a viscosifier and/or a surfactant; wherein the particulate material is substantially insoluble in the organic carrier fluid, and wherein the organic carrier fluid comprises a glycol and/or a glycol ether. A method comprising (a) contacting a particulate material, an...