US 11,732,562 B1
Offshore frac head clamp apparatus and method of use thereof
Justin Sorensen, Houma, LA (US); Joey Naquin, Houma, LA (US); Jeffrey J. Arcement, Houma, LA (US); and Brian Bordelon, Ville Platte, LA (US)
Assigned to Gulfstream Services, Inc., Houma, LA (US)
Filed by Gulfstream Services, Inc., Houma, LA (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,832.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/299,288, filed on Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,400, filed on Apr. 27, 2021.
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [E21B 43/26 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydraulic fracturing apparatus, comprising:
a) a tool body;
b) a work string connected to and that is depending downwardly from the tool body;
c) a flowline that is spaced laterally away from the tool body and the work string;
d) a clamp body having a first end and a second end, with said first end spaced away from said second end;
e) a first clamp segment located at said first end of said clamp body, wherein said first clamp segment has a fastening mechanism and a first concave member;
f) a second clamp segment located at said second end of said clamp body that has a second concave member;
g) wherein said first clamp segment is sized and shaped to engage said tool body;
h) wherein said second clamp segment is sized and shaped to engage said flowline;
i) the clamp body having a pair of spaced apart flanges connected by a web, each of said flanges and said web connecting to each said first and second concave member;
j) each said first and second concave member having opposed slotted or apertured plates;
k) third and fourth concave members that are each connectable to a said first or second concave member in a connected position that connects said first clamp segment and said first concave member to the tool body and the work string, and that connects said second clamp segment and said second concave member to said flowline;
l) wherein each said third and fourth concave member is fitted with a pair of opposed slotted or apertured plates; and
m) one or more gussets located on said clamp body, each gusset connecting a said flange to a said first or second concave member.