ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,923, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Variable frequency drive configuration for electric driven hydraulic fracking system" was invented by John Fischer (Hempstead, Texas), John J. Crosetto (Oak Forest, Ill.), David Kubricht (Cypress, Texas), Richard Cheatham (Houston), Jeffrey Pollack (Joliet, Ill.), Chad Lawman (Joliet, Ill.), David Todd (Houston) and Tyler Nolen (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration that includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump that is mount...