US Patent Issued to Helmerich & Payne Technologies on June 30 for "Systems and methods for drilling geothermal wells" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,018, issued on June 30, was assigned to Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC (Tulsa, Okla.).

"Systems and methods for drilling geothermal wells" was invented by Angus Lamberton Jamieson (Inverness, Great Britain) and Todd W. Benson (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for drilling a geothermal well can include drilling a first borehole to a geothermal target, the first borehole defining a longitudinal axis; and drilling a first portion of a second borehole having a first end and a second. The first end of the second borehole extends from the first borehole, the first portion extends downwardly and outwardly from t...