US Patent Issued to Proppant Express Solutions on Sept. 15 for "Rock straining system" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,950, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Proppant Express Solutions LLC (Denver).

"Rock straining system" was invented by Kevin Watson Smith (Oklahoma City) and Mo Habayeb (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A straining system is provided to facilitate the removal of rocks and other debris from wet, unprocessed sand that is used as proppant during hydraulic fracturing operations which are well stimulation operations that are performed as an instrumentality for stimulation to achieve enhanced flow rates in and from wells, such as oil, gas, water, injection, or geothermal wells. The straining system has an intake manifold th...