ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,393, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FMC Technologies Inc. (Houston).

"Well fracture systems and methods" was invented by Tep Ungchusri (Conroe, Texas), Philippe Espinasse (Houston), Jean-Luc Streiff (Houston), Gary Bernard (Houston), Brian Swagerty (Houston), Johann Rongau (Houston), Sunil Dutt (Houston), Dan Fink (Porter, Texas), Justin Taylor (Houston) and James Cook (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing simultaneous operations at a wellsite comprising two or more adjacent wellheads, each respectively connected to a well, may include the following steps: providing a fluid supply via upstream equipment ...