ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,707, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Thermally conductive cements and methods for use thereof" was invented by Geoffrey Landry (Richmond, Texas), William Troy Huey (Denver), Ian Corey (Von Ormy, Texas), Mark Meade (Katy, Texas), Christopher Parton (Rosenberg, Texas) and Nathan Fischer (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cementing compositions contain water, a cement and an additive for adjusting thermal conductivity. The additive for adjusting thermal conductivity may be graphite, graphene, aluminum oxide, hematite, copper metal, copper oxide, aluminum, amorphous ca...