IP Library Granted Patent US 10,436,368
Granted Patent B2
US 10,436,368 · App. 15/463,451 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Trunk line manifold system

Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria (Houston, TX); Jason Williams (Houston, TX)
Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
F16L41/03E21B43/26
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Patent No.
US 10,436,368
App. No.
15/463,451
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus for transporting fluids including a chassis having wheels and a hitch, the hitch arranged at a first end and the wheels arranged at a second end. The apparatus also includes a high pressure trunk line extending along a length of the chassis, the high pressure trunk line having high pressure inlets for coupling one or more lines directing high pressure fluids into the high pressure trunk line. The apparatus includes one or more low pressure lines, the one or more low pressure lines arranged proximate the high pressure trunk line and having suction outlets along the length of the chassis. The apparatus includes an inlet manifold positioned at the second end of the chassis, the inlet manifold being coupled to the one or more low pressure lines to supply a low pressure fluid to the one or more low pressure lines.

Claims (9)

1. A system for directing fluid to a well site, comprising:

one or more pumps, the pumps receiving a low pressure fluid and outputting a high pressure fluid;

a wellbore at the well site, the wellbore receiving the high pressure fluid; and

a manifold, the manifold comprising:

a common high pressure trunk line having a single outlet, the high pressure trunk line receiving the high pressure fluid from the one or more pumps at high pressure inlets arranged along a length of the high pressure trunk line, and

a skid supporting at least a portion of the high pressure trunk line, the skid positioning the high pressure trunk line above a ground plane, wherein at least some of the high pressure inlets are arranged on a segment of the high pressure trunk line that extends longitudinally farther than the skid.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of spools, wherein one spool of the plurality of spools is coupled to at least one high pressure inlet, the spools having one or more connectors for coupling to the at least one high pressure inlet.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the high pressure inlets are positioned at an angle with respect to a truck line axis, the angle directing the high pressure fluid entering the high pressure inlets into the high pressure trunk line in a direction substantially parallel to a high pressure flow direction.

4. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a pipe stand, the pipe stand receiving and supporting at least a portion of the high pressure trunk line extending beyond a length of the skid, the pipe stand positioning the trunk line segment above a second trunk line segment.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC; BAKER HUGHES PRESSURE CONTROL LP; VETCO GRAY, LLC; BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC; DRESSER, LLC; BENTLY NEVADA, LLC; BAKER HUGHES ENERGY SERVICES LLC
To: VAULT PRESSURE CONTROL LLC
Reel/Frame 054330/0001 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: VAULT PRESSURE CONTROL LLC
To: SIENA LENDING GROUP LLC
Reel/Frame 054302/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2019
From: KAJARIA, SAURABH; WILLIAMS, JASON
To: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
Reel/Frame 050067/0164 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62310515 · Mar 18, 2016
Provisional Application 62310865 · Mar 21, 2016
Related Publication 20170268306A1 · Sep 21, 2017
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