US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 15 for "Downhole fluid separator in re-entry multilateral well" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,971, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Downhole fluid separator in re-entry multilateral well" was invented by Muhammad Arra'uf Abdul Shukor (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Micah Janzen (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include an orienting liner hanger disposed in a main bore of a multilateral well in a position downhole from a junction of the multilateral well. The system may also include a lower completion secured to a downhole end of the orienting liner hanger and a fluid separator assembly disposed uphole from the orienting liner hanger. The fluid separator...