ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,920, issued on June 23, was assigned to Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.) LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Compartmentalized hydraulic fracturing system" was invented by Jason David Smith (Conroe, Texas), Matthew James Vahsholtz (The Woodlands, Texas), Michael Bateman (New Waverly, Texas) and Johnny Martin (Columbia, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compartmentalized hydraulic fracturing (frac) system may include a mono line configured to carry frac fluid into a well. The system may include a plurality of zones, each zone comprising: a set of one or more frac pumps each configured to pump frac fluid into the mono line, an isolatio...