US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on Nov. 3 for "Hydraulic fracturing pump system using a network of controllers" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,732, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Hydraulic fracturing pump system using a network of controllers" was invented by Bryan Wagner (Fort Worth, Texas), Reid Young (Fort Worth, Texas), Ralph Harris (Fort Worth, Texas) and Chandu Kumar (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fracturing pump system may include a hydraulic fracturing pump including a fluid end and a power end, a fluid end controller, mounted to the fluid end, storing a fluid end identifier that uniquely identifies the fluid end, a sensor configured to measure a parameter relating to the hydraulic fracturing ...