US Patent Issued to ProFrac Services on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for silica dust reduction at well sites" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,059, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ProFrac Services LLC (Willow Park, Texas).

"Systems and methods for silica dust reduction at well sites" was invented by Matthew Wilks (Cisco, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for silica dust reduction at well sites are described herein. The system can include a blower, a transfer hose having a first end connected to the blower, a second end connected to a hopper containing a granular material, and an interior volume. The system can also include a supply of dust suppression solution in fluid communication with the interior volume of the transfer hose."

The patent was ...