ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,344, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Managing lubrication of hydraulic fracturing pumps" was invented by Madhur Kohli (Houston), Timothy Holiman Hunter (Duncan, Okla.), Glenn Howard Weightman (Duncan, Okla.) and Bruce Carl Lucas (Duncan, Okla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations include a method for controlling lubrication of a hydraulic fracturing pump. The method may include pumping, via an electric motor and lubrication pump, lubrication oil through the hydraulic fracturing pump at a first flowrate. The method may include increasing flow of the lubrication oil to a se...