ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,361, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SUNITA HYDROCOLLOIDS Inc. (Houston).

"Method of fracturing using a xanthan/guar gum containing fluid" was invented by Farhan Siddiqui (Katy, Texas), Mohit Hissaria (Sugar Land, Texas), Danny Fred Wilson (Porter, Texas), Pk Hissaria (Jodhpur Rajasthan, India), Richard Wheeler (Crosby, Texas) and Zoraida Vazquez (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biodegradable friction reducers, fracturing fluid compositions containing friction reducers and methods for treating subterranean formations with friction reducers, wherein the friction reducers are a mixture of xanthan and guar gum having a weight ra...