Patents Assigned to Zipfrac LLC
  • Patent number: 11591882
    Abstract: An oil or gas production method forms a wellbore in a rock formation, wherein the wellbore including a lateral portion, and the method introduces a plurality of perforation diverters into the wellbore, wherein each perforation diverter in the plurality of diverters includes circuitry for determining a pressure proximate the perforation diverter, and the method measures a respective pressure proximate each perforation diverter and within the lateral portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Zipfrac LLC
    Inventor: Frederic D. Sewell
  • Publication number: 20220251923
    Abstract: An oil or gas production method forms a wellbore in a rock formation, wherein the wellbore including a lateral portion, and the method introduces a plurality of perforation diverters into the wellbore, wherein each perforation diverter in the plurality of diverters includes circuitry for determining a pressure proximate the perforation diverter, and the method measures a respective pressure proximate each perforation diverter and within the lateral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Zipfrac LLC
    Inventor: Frederic D. Sewell
  • Publication number: 20210087903
    Abstract: A diverter for obstructing and temporarily sealing a perforation in a well casing in a subterranean formation during hydraulic fracturing. The diverter comprises an outer surface and circuitry within the outer surface for determining a pressure proximate the diverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Zipfrac LLC
    Inventors: Frederic D. Sewell, Dennis Gleason
  • Patent number: 10822914
    Abstract: A diverter for obstructing and temporarily sealing a perforation in a well casing in a subterranean formation during hydraulic fracturing. The diverter comprises an outer surface and circuitry within the outer surface for determining a pressure proximate the diverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Zipfrac LLC
    Inventor: Frederic D. Sewell