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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2016
Us Well Services Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Joel N. Broussard, Lafayette, LA (US);
Jeff McPherson, Spring, TX (US);
Robert Kurtz, Fairmont, WV (US);
U.S. Well Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for hydraulically fracturing an underground formation in an oil or gas well to extract oil or gas from the formation, the oil or gas well having a wellbore that permits passage of fluid from the wellbore into the formation. The system includes a plurality of electric pumps fluidly connected to the well, and configured to pump fluid into the wellbore at high pressure so that the fluid passes from the wellbore into the, and fractures the formation. The system can also include a plurality of natural gas powered generators electrically connected to the plurality of electric pumps to provide electrical power to the pumps.