US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Dec. 16 for "Method of moving proppant from a sand container" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,251, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Method of moving proppant from a sand container" was invented by Ed Bryan Hagan (Duncan, Okla.), Wesley John Warren (Duncan, Okla.), Cameron Michael Kramer (Duncan, Okla.), Timothy Holiman Hunter (Duncan, Okla.), John Leslie Imel (Duncan, Okla.), Andrew Silas Clyburn (Duncan, Okla.) and Chad A. Fisher (Duncan, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bulk material dispensing system comprising a portable support structure with portable containers with wet bulk material. Locating each portable container onto the portable support structure couples a trans...