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US 11,959,371 B2Granted
Suction and discharge lines for a dual hydraulic fracturing unit
AssigneeU.S. Well Services, LLC
InventorsJared Oehring, Robert Kurtz
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Abstract
An electrically powered hydraulic fracturing system includes pumps for pressurizing fracturing fluid, piping for carrying fracturing fluid, and field connections in obliquely oriented segments of the piping. The connections are between lead lines that couple directly to the pumps and lines carrying fluid to and from the pump; and are assembled and disassembled in the field. Operations personnel can more easily manipulate connections that are obliquely oriented than those that are horizontal or vertical.
Claims4
A hydraulic fracturing system for fracturing a subterranean formation comprising:
- a plurality of electrically powered fracturing pumps mounted on a trailer, each of the plurality of electrically powered fracturing pumps attached to a corresponding first lead line and a corresponding second lead line;
- wherein each of the first lead lines and the second lead lines are separate and apart from one another while on the trailer, each of the first and second lead lines comprising a main segment attached to at least one of the plurality of electrically powered fracturing pumps, and a tip segment that is angled obliquely to a portion of the main segment proximate the tip segment, wherein the tip segment of each of the first lead lines is angled differently with respect to the main segment than the tip segment of the corresponding second lead line, and wherein the main segment and the tip segment comprise a unitary pipe segment;
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- flow lines in fluid communication with the lead lines.
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