US 12,276,356 B2
Choke gate valve systems and methods
Declan Elliott, Longford (IE); Jerry Martino, Houston, TX (US); Muneeb Dogar, Edmonton (CA); and Kyle Beaton, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,467.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,200, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0041790 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 47/04 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); F16K 3/02 (2006.01); F16K 3/314 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 47/04 (2013.01) [E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); F16K 3/0209 (2013.01); F16K 3/314 (2013.01); F16K 2200/401 (2021.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A choke gate valve system comprising:
a fluid line fluidly coupling a pump to a first tree and a second tree, wherein the first tree is coupled to a first well of a fracturing system and the second tree is coupled to a second well of the fracturing system, and wherein the pump is configured to deliver a fluid flow from a fluid source to the first well via the first tree and from the fluid source to the second well via the second tree;
a first gate valve positioned along the fluid line between the pump and the first tree;
a first choke gate valve positioned along the fluid line between the pump and the first tree, and in line with the first gate valve;
a second gate valve positioned along the fluid line between the pump and the second tree; and
a second choke gate valve positioned along the fluid line and the second tree and in line with the second gate valve.