Fuel delivery system and method
AssigneeEnergera Inc.
InventorsJ. Todd Van Vliet, Scott M. Van Vliet, Glen M. Brotzel
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Abstract
A fuel delivery system and method for reducing the likelihood that a fuel tank of equipment at a well site during fracturing of a well will run out of fuel. A fuel source has plural fuel outlets, a hose on each fuel outlet of the plural fuel outlets, each hose being connected to a fuel cap on a respective one of the fuel tanks for delivery of fuel to the fuel tank. At least a manually controlled valve at each fuel outlet controls fluid flow through the hose at the respective fuel outlet.
Claims28
A method of reducing a likelihood of blenders and pumpers at a well site from running out of fuel during fracturing of a well, the blenders and pumpers including fuel tanks, the method comprising:
- transporting a fuel delivery system including a fuel source to the well site on a trailer or trailers;
- pumping fuel from the fuel source through hoses in parallel to each of the fuel tanks;
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- controlling fuel flow through each hose independently of fuel flow in other hoses.
A method for fuel delivery to selected fuel tanks of pieces of equipment at a well site during fracturing of a well, wherein the fuel tanks have caps on the fuel tanks, the method comprising:
- transporting a fuel delivery system to a well site on one or more trailers, wherein the fuel delivery system includes hoses, each hose having a fuel delivery connection for connecting the hose to a respective fuel tank;
- removing the caps from the selected fuel tanks;
- attaching the hoses to the selected fuel tanks using the respective fuel delivery connection of each hose;
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- providing fuel to the selected fuel tanks through the fuel delivery connections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.