ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,984, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to U.S. WELL SERVICES LLC (Willow Park, Texas).

"Switchgear load sharing for oil field equipment" was invented by Jared Oehring (Houston) and Brandon N. Hinderliter (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system may include a plurality of electric pumps fluidly connected to a well associated with the subterranean formation and powered by at least one electric motor, and configured to pump fluid into a wellbore associated with the well at a high pressure so that the fluid passes from the wellbo...