Gas recovery component heating system
AssigneeAccurate Pumping & Contracting, Inc., MMSOB Division
InventorsPatricia J. Foley, Stuart D. LeNoir, James M. Robison, Jerry A. Staggs
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Abstract
A gas recovery component heating apparatus and method of use. The apparatus includes an insulating shell and at least one heating element positioned along the interior of the insulating shell. The apparatus further includes one or more apertures configured to allow a portion of the gas recovery component to pass through the aperture when the apparatus is secured about the gas recovery component. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for securing the apparatus about the gas recovery component.
Claims31
A wellhead gas recovery component heating apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
- first and second insulating shells;
- at least one heating element, said heating element positioned between said first insulating shell and second insulating shell;
- at least one aperture, said aperture configured to allow a portion of said wellhead gas recovery component to pass through said aperture when said apparatus is secured about said wellhead gas recovery component;
- and
- a mechanism for securing said apparatus about said wellhead gas recovery component.
A method for heating a wellhead gas recovery component, said method comprising:
- securing a heating apparatus about said wellhead gas recovery component, said heating apparatus comprising:
- first and second insulating shells;
- at least one heating element positioned between said first and second shells, and
- at least one aperture, said aperture configured to allow at least a portion of said wellhead gas recovery component to pass through said aperture;
- and
- a mechanism for securing said apparatus about said wellhead gas recovery component;
- powering said heating element;
- and
- heating said wellhead gas recovery component in response to said powering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.