ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,954, issued on May 6, was assigned to HYDROZONIX LLC (Conroe, Texas).
"System for friction reduction using nano-bubbles" was invented by Mark Patton (Conroe, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated produced water treatment system that injects ozone or an ozone-oxygen mixture upstream of produced water separators, with the dose rate changing dynamically as the produced water quality changes, as determined by continuous monitoring of the produced water quality by a plurality of sensors that detect water quality parameters in real time. The system may operate as a "slipstream" injection system, that draws a portion of produced...