Flexible fracturing line with removable liner
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorsKirk P. Guidry, Aleem A. Khokhar
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Abstract
A fracturing fluid delivery system having a fracturing line with a flexible liner is provided. In one embodiment, a method includes moving a flexible polymeric liner through a bore of a fracturing line to a position in which the flexible polymeric liner extends along an inner wall of a flexible pipe body of the fracturing line. The method also includes securing the flexible polymeric liner in the bore of the fracturing line, such as by attaching the flexible polymeric liner to an opposing surface of the fracturing line. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- moving a flexible polymeric liner through a bore of a fracturing line to a position in which the flexible polymeric liner extends along an inner wall of a flexible pipe body of the fracturing line;
- and
- securing the flexible polymeric liner in the bore of the fracturing line, wherein securing the flexible polymeric liner in the bore of the fracturing line includes attaching the flexible polymeric liner to an opposing surface of the fracturing line.
A fracturing apparatus comprising:
- a wellhead assembly;
- and
- a fracturing line coupled to convey fracturing fluid toward the wellhead assembly, the fracturing line having:
- a first rigid end;
- a second rigid end;
- a flexible pipe body extending from the first rigid end to the second rigid end;
- and
- a flexible polymeric liner extending from the first rigid end to the second rigid end along an inner wall of the flexible pipe body to isolate the flexible pipe body from fracturing fluid routed through the fracturing line, wherein the flexible polymeric liner is affixed to at least one of the first rigid end or the second rigid end but is not affixed to the inner wall of the flexible pipe body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.