Devon Energy was granted a patent for a pressure-operated gas lift valve.

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  "company": {
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    "detail": "In August 2026 Devon Energy patented a downhole valve for injecting lift gas into production tubing in oil and gas wells.",
    "summary": "Devon Energy was granted a patent for a pressure-operated gas lift valve.",
    "event_at": "2026-08-11",
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    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12704051",
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    "patent_title": "Gas lift valve",
    "patent_number": "US12704051",
    "uspto_assignee": "DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION",
    "patent_abstract": "A gas lift valve for use in a wellbore has a housing with an injection fluid inlet port and an injection fluid outlet connected to a production tubing. The gas lift valve has a sealing ball engaged with a valve seat, and the sealing ball is disengaged from the valve seat to open a pathway from the injection fluid inlet through the injection fluid outlet into the production tubing solely as a result of injection fluid pressure in an annulus between the housing and the wellbore.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A wellbore valve that opens when pressure in the surrounding annulus pushes the sealing ball away from its seat, allowing injection fluid into the production pipe.",
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      "gas lift systems",
      "downhole valves",
      "wellbore production"
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  -d '{"domain":"devonenergy.com","limit":20}'