US Patent Issued to INDEPENDENCE OILFIELD CHEMICALS on Sept. 30 for "Hydraulic fracturing fluids and methods of use with friction reducer slurry formulation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,593, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INDEPENDENCE OILFIELD CHEMICALS LLC (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Hydraulic fracturing fluids and methods of use with friction reducer slurry formulation" was invented by Jeffrey Scott Dupont (Conroe, Texas) and Erica Lauren Kuhlman (Conroe, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of preparing a fracturing fluid for hydraulic fracturing in unconventional reservoirs such as coal beds, sandstones, and shales. The method includes selecting an anionic surfactant, such as an anionic sulphonate surfactant; and contacting the anionic surfactant with a fracturing fluid or with a precursor of said fr...