US Patent Issued to FMC Technologies on June 2 for "Modular manifold system for continuous fluid pumping into a well" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,369, issued on June 2, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Modular manifold system for continuous fluid pumping into a well" was invented by James Cook (Houston), Julian Keihany (Houston), Corey Massey (Houston) and Andrew Krupa (Odessa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative modular manifold system includes, among other things, two or more modular pump manifolds, a low-pressure header, and a main high-pressure manifold. Modular pump manifolds may include a low-pressure manifold for supplying fracturing fluid or water to pumps, a high-pressure manifold for supplying fracturing fluid or water to one or more ...