High pressure manifold, assembly, system and method
AssigneeMgb Oilfield Solutions, LLC
InventorMark Daniel Bishop
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Abstract
The present application is directed to a manifold system for low pressure and high pressure fluids. The manifold system may include one or more manifold sub-assemblies that may be assembled together, separated apart and replaced as desired. In oil and gas hydraulic fracturing operations, each manifold sub-assembly includes two or more low pressure fluid lines and two or more high pressure fluid lines for fluidly communicating with hydraulic fracturing pumps. High pressure fluid may exit the manifold system via a single line or multiple lines.
Claims19
A manifold system including:
- at least a first manifold sub-assembly including a low pressure fluid conduit assembly for directing low pressure fluid to one or more target low pressure fluid destinations and a high pressure fluid conduit assembly for receiving high pressure fluid from one or more sources of high pressure fluid, wherein the low pressure fluid conduit assembly has two or more primary flow lines in controlled fluid communication and the high pressure fluid conduit assembly has two or more primary flow lines in controlled fluid communication, each primary flow line having an outlet for the high pressure fluid;
- wherein the low pressure fluid conduit assembly includes one or more diverting and isolation valves operationally configured to control the flow of fluid between the primary flow lines of the low pressure fluid conduit assembly and wherein the high pressure fluid conduit assembly includes one or more diverting and isolation valves operationally configured to control the flow of fluid between the primary flow lines of the high pressure fluid conduit assembly and a dedicated high pressure bypass line.
A manifold system for hydraulic fracturing operations at a well site including:
- one or more manifold sub-assemblies, each manifold sub-assembly having a particular pump count, wherein one or more manifold sub-assemblies may be provided having a total pump count equal to a total number of hydraulic fracturing pumps at the well site.
A method of delivering high pressure fluid to a well in hydraulic fracturing operations at a well site including:
- providing one or more low pressure fluid sources;
- providing a manifold system having one or more manifold sub-assemblies in operable communication, each manifold sub-assembly including (1) at least two primary low pressure fluid lines operationally configured to receive low pressure fluid into the manifold system and route low pressure fluid to one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps, the primary low pressure fluid lines including one or more diverting and isolation valves and one or more isolation valves that may be actuated remotely, and (2) at least two primary high pressure fluid lines operationally configured to receive high pressure fluid from the one or more hydraulic fracturing pumps and route the high pressure fluid to a well via at least one primary high pressure fluid line, the primary high pressure fluid lines including one or more diverting and isolation valves and one or more isolation valves that may be actuated remotely;
- setting one or more one or more diverting and isolation valves and one or more isolation valves to an open position for routing high pressure fluid to the well via one or more primary high pressure fluid lines.
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