ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,538, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ProFrac Holdings II LLC (Willow Park, Texas).
"Monitoring friction of a fracture treatment fluid" was invented by Brian James Bell (Morgantown, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a general aspect, the friction of a fracture treatment fluid is monitored during a hydraulic fracture treatment. In some aspects, a system includes a conduit that communicates a fracture treatment fluid from a pump system toward a well system during a hydraulic fracture treatment. The conduit includes interior and exterior surfaces. A first channel extends from a first interior port defined by the interior surface t...