Single Straight-Line Connection for Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback

A system for directing flowback from a wellhead a frac tree coupled to a wellhead to a flowback container, the system comprising:

• one or more pipes, valves, or frac iron connected together along a straight line to form a first single straight-line connection between the frac tree and the flowback container,
• wherein the one or more pipes, valves, or frac iron define a first internal channel for flowback that spans between the frac tree and the flowback container along only a single horizontal axis.

A flowback system for capturing flowback from a well affixed with a frac tree, the frac tree defining a vertical internal channel for the flowback exiting the well and having an exit port for directing the well along a horizontal axis perpendicular to the vertical internal channel, the flowback system comprising:

• a flowback container with an inlet port;
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• a single straight-line connection configured to be connected to the inlet port of the flowback container and the exit port of the frac tree, the single straight-line connection comprises a connected arrangement of one or more pipes and at least one valve that together define a straight internal channel from the exit port of the frac tree to the inlet port of the flowback container for the flowback to be communicated to the flowback container.