Multi-inlet frack head system
AssigneeGE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
InventorsShadi Moaness Saleh, Timothy Fuller, Fauad Saleem, Gajanan Hegde, Saurabh Kajaria
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) having a first inlet channel extending through a body of the MIFH, the first inlet channel being substantially perpendicular to an axis of the MIFH and directing fluid into a first flow passage of the MIFH. The MIFH also includes a second inlet channel extending through the body of the MIFH, the second inlet channel being at an angle relative to the axis and directing fluid into the first flow passage of the MIFH.
Claims20
A multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) for directing a high pressure fracturing fluid into a wellbore, the MIFH comprising:
- a plurality of angled faces, forming at least a portion of a body of the MIFH, at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the MIFH, each angled face having an inlet for receiving the fracturing fluid;
- a plurality of vertical faces, forming at least a portion of the body of the MIFH, positioned radially about the axis, a vertical face of the plurality of vertical faces being at least partially between adjacent angled faces of the plurality of angled faces, and each vertical face having an inlet for receiving the fracturing fluid;
- a flow path within the body of the MIFH, the flow path receiving the fluid from the respective inlets of the angled faces and the vertical faces, wherein a first fluid flow from the vertical faces contacts a second fluid flow from the angled faces within the flow path.
A multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) for directing a high pressure fracturing fluid into a wellbore, the MIFH comprising:
- a first inlet channel extending through a body of the MIFH, the first inlet channel being substantially perpendicular to an axis of the MIFH and directing fluid into a first flow passage of the MIFH;
- a second inlet channel extending through the body of the MIFH, the second inlet channel being at an angle relative to the axis and directing fluid into the first flow passage of the MIFH;
- a second flow passage coupled to the first flow passage, the second flow passage downstream of the first flow passage and having a smaller diameter than the first flow passage;
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- a transition between the first flow passage and the second flow passage, the transition gradually reducing a difference in diameter between the first flow passage and the second flow passage.
A system for performing hydraulic fracturing operations on a wellbore, the system comprising:
- a casing head;
- a fracturing tree coupled to the casing head;
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- a multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) arranged at a top portion of the fracturing tree, the MIFH receiving a high pressure fracturing fluid from a source and directing the high pressure fracturing fluid into the wellbore, wherein the MIFH comprises:
- a first inlet channel extending through a body of the MIFH for directing fluid into a first flow passage;
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- a second inlet channel extending through the body of the MIFH for directing fluid into the first flow passage;
- wherein the first and second inlet channels intersect a longitudinal axis of the MIFH at different vertical heights, and are arranged at different angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the MIFH.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.