ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,878, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Electrically powered pumping unit with removable pump modules" was invented by John Leslie Imel (Duncan, Okla.), Glenn Howard Weightman (Duncan, Okla.), Jeff Nickles (Duncan, Okla.), Bruce Carl Lucas (Duncan, Okla.) and Timothy Holiman Hunter (Duncan, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modularized, electric pumping unit comprising: a base structure; an electric motor mounted on the base structure; and one or more pump modules. Each of the one or more pump modules comprises a pump and a pump module structure. The one or more pump modules are confi...