ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,281, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to U.S. WELL SERVICES LLC (Willow Park, Texas).
"Smart fracturing system and method" was invented by Jared Oehring (Houston), Alexander James Christinzio (Houston) and Brandon N. Hinderliter (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic fracturing system includes a plurality of pumps positioned at a wellsite and configured to pressurize a fracturing fluid, a distribution system fluidly coupled to receive and consolidate fracturing fluid from the plurality of pumps for injection into a wellhead. The hydraulic fracturing system further includes a control system, which includes a plurality of s...