# US 2014/0151065 A1 · Fast Pressure Protection System and Method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0151065 A1 - Document ID: US20140151065A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/692,833 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-03 - Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Inventors: Stanley V. STEPHENSON; Joseph A. BEISEL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151065A1 ## CPC - E21B 34/063: {Valve or closure with destructible element, e.g. frangible disc (E21B34/103 takes precedence)} - E21B 21/103: {Down-hole by-pass valve arrangements, i.e. between the inside of the drill string and the annulus (valves specifically for maintaining circulation of drilling fluid while connecting or disconnecting tubular joints E21B21/019)} - E21B 21/106: {Valve arrangements outside the borehole, e.g. kelly valves (valves specifically for maintaining circulation of drilling fluid while connecting or disconnecting tubular joints E21B21/019)} - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A wellbore servicing system, the system comprising at least one wellbore servicing equipment component, wherein a flow path extends from the wellbore servicing system component into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, and a pressure control system in fluid communication with the flow path, wherein the pressure control system comprises a relief path configured to communicate fluid through the pressure control system, a pressure control device configured to permit fluid communication between the flow path and the relief path upon experiencing a pressure and/or a differential pressure of at least a predetermined pressure threshold, and a first valve disposed within the relief path, wherein the first valve is configured to actuate from an open configuration to a closed configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wellbore servicing system, the system comprising: at least one wellbore servicing equipment component, wherein a flow path extends from the wellbore servicing system component into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and a pressure control system in fluid communication with the flow path, wherein the pressure control system comprises: a relief path configured to communicate fluid through the pressure control system, a pressure control device configured to permit fluid communication between the flow path and the relief path upon experiencing a pressure and/or a differential pressure of at least a predetermined pressure threshold; and a first valve disposed within the relief path, wherein the first valve is configured to actuate from an open configuration to a closed configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the wellbore servicing equipment component comprises a mixer, a pump, a wellbore services manifold, a storage vessel, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure control device comprises a rupture disc. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wellbore servicing system of claim 3, wherein, upon experiencing the pressure and/or the differential pressure of at least the predetermined pressure threshold, the rupture disc is configured to break, puncture, perforate, shear, fragment, disintegrate, explode, implode, tear, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure threshold is in a range from about 1,000 psi to about 30,000 psi. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure control device configured to permit fluid communication in less than or equal to about 0.10 seconds of experiencing the pressure and/or the differential pressure of at least the predetermined pressure threshold. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the first valve comprises a gate valve, a ball valve, a globe valve, a choke valve, a butterfly valve, a pinch valve, a disc valve, the like, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first valve comprises a sleeve, wherein the sleeve is slidably disposed about or within a pipe string. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure control system further comprises a flow restrictor, wherein the flow restrictor is configured to decrease the pressure of a fluid communication along the relief path from the pressure control device to the first valve. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wellbore servicing system of claim 9, wherein the flow restrictor comprises a choke, a fluidic diode, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure control system further comprises a second valve disposed within the relief path downstream from the first valve, wherein the second valve is configured to actuate from an open configuration to a closed configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein the pressure control system further comprises a relief space, wherein the relief path is in fluid communication with the relief space. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wellbore servicing system of claim 12, wherein the relief space comprises a tank, a vessel, a wellbore, an annular space within a wellbore, a second wellbore, a portion of the subterranean formation, or combinations thereof. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the pressure control system is disposed at the surface of the subterranean formation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The wellbore servicing system of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the pressure control system is disposed within the wellbore. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The wellbore servicing system of claim 15, wherein the pressure control system is integrated within a pipe string disposed within the wellbore. ### Claim 17 A method of servicing a wellbore, the method comprising: providing a flow path between a wellbore servicing system and a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein a pressure control system comprising a pressure control device and a relief path is in fluid communication with the flow path, wherein the pressure control system is configured to control fluid communication between the flow path and the relief path; communicating a fluid via the flow path; and upon experiencing a pressure and/or a differential pressure of at least a predetermined pressure threshold within the flow path, allowing fluid to be communicated from the flow path through the relief path, wherein the pressure control device permits fluid communication from the flow path to the relief path within about 0.10 seconds of experiencing the pressure and/or the differential pressure of at least the predetermined pressure threshold. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the fluid is communicated from the relief path to a relief space. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising closing a first valve, wherein the first valve is positioned along the relief path. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising closing a second valve, wherein the second valve is positioned along the relief path downstream from the first valve. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein closing the first valve, closing the second valve, or both occurs manually. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein closing the first valve, closing the second valve, or both occurs automatically as a result of fluid communication via the relief path.