ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,731, issued on April 7, was assigned to Oxy USA Inc. (Houston).
"Using microbial DNA in well planning and management" was invented by Yael Tarlovsky Tucker (The Woodlands, Texas) and Ayelet Blattstein Harris (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for well planning and management in a field to maximize the production of hydrocarbons. Specifically, the present invention involves identifying microbial compositions (including phenotypic microbial compositions) of solid samples, such as cuttings or core samples, or fluid samples, such as produced or injected fluids and determining well...