US Patent Issued to CNPC USA, Beijing Huamei, China National Petroleum on July 8 for "Method of hydraulic fracturing utilizing a hydraulic fracturing fluid with a single phase liquid proppant" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,758, issued on July 8, was assigned to CNPC USA Corp. (Houston), Beijing Huamei Inc. (Beijing) and China National Petroleum Corp. (Beijing).

"Method of hydraulic fracturing utilizing a hydraulic fracturing fluid with a single phase liquid proppant" was invented by Lijun Lin (Katy, Texas), Jiangshui Huang (Sugar Land, Texas), Litao Bai (Houston), Stephanie Yu (Houston), Fuchen Liu (Panjin, China), Congbin Yin (Chengdu, China) and Wei Gong (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fracture fluid is provided. The fluid can include a liquid solvent, one or more surfactants, a proppant-forming compound, and one or more cur...