Patents Assigned to US Well Services LLC
  • Patent number: 9410410
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: US Well Services LLC
    Inventors: Joel N. Broussard, Jeff McPherson, Robert Kurtz
  • Patent number: 8789601
    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 pumps powered by electric induction motors and fluidly connected to the well, the pumps 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 pumps to provide electrical power to the pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: US Well Services LLC
    Inventors: Joel N. Broussard, Jeff McPherson, Robert Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20140174717
    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 pumps powered by electric induction motors and fluidly connected to the well, the pumps 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 pumps to provide electrical power to the pumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: US Well Services LLC
    Inventors: Joel N. Broussard, Jeff McPherson, Robert Kurtz
  • Publication number: 20140138079
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: US Well Services LLC
    Inventors: Joel N. Broussard, Jeff McPherson, Robert Kurtz