US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on Dec. 30 for "Coupling low-pressure manifold passages in hydraulic fracturing systems" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,977, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Coupling low-pressure manifold passages in hydraulic fracturing systems" was invented by Adam Stephen Hardman (Azle, Texas) and Ronald E. Arizpe (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation includes providing a manifold assembly. The manifold assembly has a low-pressure section with a first passage that receives a clean fluid and a second passage that receives a slurry. Each passage includes outlets to provide the clean fluid and the slurry to pumps. An outlet end of the first passage is coupl...