ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,646, issued on April 22, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Instrumented fracturing pump systems and methods" was invented by Rod W. Shampine (Houston), Carlos Urdaneta (Houston), Mohammad Hajjari (Houston) and Thomas J. Rebler (Richmond, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pumps for conveying fluid at a wellsite, such as fracturing or other stimulation pumps, are instrumented with sensors to measure or estimate pump parameters. In some instances, pump sensors are used to detect wear or failure or assess remaining useful life of pump components. The sensors can also or instead be used to assess, and i...