US Patent Issued to SPM Oil & Gas on July 22 for "Hydraulic fracturing pump health and performance monitoring using IoT sensor networks" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,242, issued on July 22, was assigned to SPM Oil & Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Hydraulic fracturing pump health and performance monitoring using IoT sensor networks" was invented by Ralph E. Harris (Fort Worth, Texas), Trevor Davis (Mansfield, Texas), Brian Cheng (Trophy Club, Texas) and Taylor Fry (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring a piece of hydraulic fracturing equipment such as a positive displacement pump. The system includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect conditions of the hydraulic fracturing pump and a processor that is communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and configur...