ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,314, issued on May 5, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).
"System and method for an automated and intelligent frac pumping" was invented by Andrew Krupa (Houston), Corey Massey (Houston) and James Cook (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may have a built hydraulic fracturing system with a plurality of devices connected together and in fluid communication with one or more wells. The system may also include at least one continuous pumping operations for one or more wells and a fracturing pumping plan provided on a software application. The fracturing plan may include instructions to perform at least one continuo...