ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,549, issued on July 15, was assigned to Catalyst Energy Services LLC (Odessa, Texas).

"System and method for a frac system" was invented by Bobby Joe Chapman (Odessa, Texas), Sean Dee Edwards (Odessa, Texas), Michael Gerard King (Odessa, Texas), Seth Richard Moore (Odessa, Texas) and Kevin Martin Voldarski (Odessa, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a frac pump. The system includes a turbine. The turbine can be 100% powered by natural gas or other fuels. The turbine, which can have an OEM controller, drives a frac pump. The frac pump is used for fracturing. The system has a controller which controls the syst...