Hydraulic fracturing system and method
OwnerGary C. Wallsinventor
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Abstract
A hydraulic fracturing system and method are disclosed. The system can include a manifold having a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, and a plurality of fluid inlets. The system can also include primary pumps, which are fluidically coupled to one of the fluid inlets, wherein the primary pumps are configured to deliver a first fluid stream to the first fluid outlet and a second fluid stream to the second fluid outlet. The system can further include a supplemental pump fluidically coupled to the second fluid outlet, wherein the supplemental pump is configured to deliver pulses of fluid to the first fluid stream.
Claims20
A hydraulic fracturing system for introducing fracturing fluid into a wellbore, the system comprising:
- a first pumping system configured to generate a first fluid stream and a second fluid stream;
- and
- a second pumping system configured to generate a pulsed output from the second fluid stream, wherein the pulsed output is delivered to the first fluid stream.
A hydraulic fracturing system for introducing fracturing fluid into a wellbore, the system comprising:
- a first pumping system configured to generate a fluid stream which is directed to the wellbore;
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- a second pumping system configured to generate pulses of fluid, wherein the pulses of fluid are delivered to the fluid stream at a location intermediate the first pumping system and the wellbore.
A method for introducing fracturing fluid into a wellbore, the method comprising:
- generating a fluid stream from a first pumping system;
- generating a pulsed output from a second pumping system;
- directing the pulsed output into the fluid stream downstream of the first pumping system and upstream of the wellbore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.