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US 8,944,159 B2Granted
Horizontal fracturing tree
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorsKirk Paul Guidry, Stefan Marek Radwanski
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Abstract
A system, in certain embodiments, includes a horizontal fracturing tree. The horizontal fracturing tree includes a first hydraulic fracturing bore configured to flow a first fluid, wherein the first hydraulic fracturing bore extends along a first horizontal axis, and the first horizontal axis is generally perpendicular to a vertical axis of a wellhead.
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A system, comprising:
- a land-based horizontal fracturing tree, comprising:
- a first hydraulic fracturing bore configured to flow a first fluid, wherein the first hydraulic fracturing bore comprises:
- a horizontal flow path extending along a first horizontal axis;
- and
- a vertical flow path extending along a vertical axis of a wellhead,
- wherein a horizontal flow path length of the horizontal flow path is greater than a vertical flow path length of the vertical flow path, and the first horizontal axis is generally perpendicular to the vertical axis of the wellhead.
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A system, comprising:
- a land-based horizontal fracturing tree, comprising:
- a first hydraulic fracturing bore configured to flow a first fluid, wherein the first hydraulic fracturing bore extends along a first horizontal axis, the first horizontal axis is generally perpendicular to a vertical axis of a wellhead, and a length of the first hydraulic fracturing bore is greater than a height of the land-based horizontal fracturing tree;
- a first valve disposed along the first hydraulic fracturing bore;
- and
- a second valve disposed along the first hydraulic fracturing bore.
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A system, comprising:
- a land-based horizontal fracturing tree, comprising:
- a first horizontal fracturing tree branch, wherein the first horizontal fracturing tree branch comprises a first hydraulic fracturing bore configured to flow a first hydraulic fracture fluid;
- and
- a first support configured to support the first horizontal fracturing tree branch in a first horizontal orientation,
- wherein a length of the first horizontal fracturing tree branch is greater than a height of the land-based horizontal fracturing tree.
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A tree assembly for controlling fluid for a wellbore, the tree assembly comprising:
- a connection portion configured to couple the tree to a wellhead assembly of the wellbore;
- a first bore coaxial with the wellbore;
- a second bore substantially perpendicular to the first bore;
- and
- a frac fluid receiving portion coupled to the second bore such that inserted frac fluid is received by the second bore before the first bore,
- wherein a length of the second bore is greater than a length of the first bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.