US 12,331,624 B2
Close coupled fluid processing system
Travis Lee Bolt, Conroe, TX (US); Lewis Paul Callaway, College Station, TX (US); Eric O'Reilly Sears, College Station, TX (US); and Jonathan Tyler Maxwell, Willis, TX (US)
Assigned to NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/597,034
Filed by NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/040338
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/003179, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,459, filed on Jul. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298905 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 43/267 (2006.01); F16L 1/10 (2006.01); F16L 27/12 (2006.01); F16L 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/2607 (2020.05) [E21B 43/267 (2013.01); F16L 1/10 (2013.01); F16L 27/127 (2019.08); F16L 37/1205 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A close coupled processing system, comprising:
a fluid processing system for producing frac fluid for frac operations;
a fluid distribution system for distributing the frac fluid to a plurality of pressurization units; and
a fluid connection connecting the fluid processing system and the fluid distribution system, comprising:
a first pipe fixed to the fluid processing system having a portion within the boundary of the fluid processing system defining a first longitudinal axis that is configured to be and remain stationary relative to the fluid processing system before, during, and after connection; and
a second pipe fixed to the fluid distribution system having a portion within the boundary of the fluid distribution system defining a second longitudinal axis that is configured to be and remain stationary relative to the fluid distribution system before, during, and after connection;
wherein the first and second pipes are configured for direct connection to one another, wherein the first axis is configured to be aligned with the second axis.