ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,829, issued on March 3, was assigned to China University of Petroleum (East China) (Dongying, China).

"Combination parameter optimization design method for fracturing and packing dual-particle-size proppants for unconsolidated sandstone reservoir" was invented by Changyin Dong (Dongying, China), Zhendong Li (Dongying, China), Honggang Liu (Dongying, China), Jinyi Zhang (Dongying, China), Zhangyu Li (Dongying, China), Na Li (Dongying, China), Jiayi Ren (Dongying, China) and Chuwei Zhang (Dongying, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure belongs to the oil and gas exploitation industry, and specifically relates to a combin...