US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Dec. 30 for "Systems and methods for simultaneously and independently fracturing multiple wells from a common wellpad" (Texas, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,978, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for simultaneously and independently fracturing multiple wells from a common wellpad" was invented by Matthew Scott Bolen (The Woodlands, Texas), Seung Jin Han (Katy, Texas), Tyler Wayne Stom (Conroe, Texas), Travis Carlo Louden (Middleburg, Fla.) and Neil Robert Steil DiLorenzo (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for fracturing a plurality of wellbores on a multi-well pad includes multiple missiles, where each missile is configured to receive a high-pressure fracturing fluid from a plurality of pump trucks, where a high...