US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 14 for "Operating multiple fracturing pumps to deliver a smooth total flow rate transition" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,542, issued on July 14, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Operating multiple fracturing pumps to deliver a smooth total flow rate transition" was invented by Amal Bagulayan (Millbrae, Calif.), Nan Mu (Sugar Land, Texas), James Matthews (Houston), Bao Mi (Sugar Land, Texas), Alexander Tanner Taylor (Missouri City, Texas) and Marcos Suguru Kajita (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Changing a cumulative pumping rate of multiple pump units by adjusting individual pumping rates of the pump units, wherein each temporary dip or spike of an individual pumping rate of one of the pump units is automatical...