ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,866, issued on March 17, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Ft. Worth, Texas).
"Piping assembly for hydraulic fracturing manifold" was invented by Adam Stephen Hardman (Azle, Texas) and Ronald E. Arizpe (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation includes providing a manifold assembly to deliver a fracturing fluid into a well bore. The manifold assembly has a low-pressure section and a high-pressure section. The high-pressure section includes first side inlets at a first side of the manifold assembly, second side inlets at a second side of the manifold assembly. The sec...