US 12,071,827 B2
Modular valve tree
Gareth Boyd, Houston, TX (US); James Cook, Houston, TX (US); Bruno Freitas, Houston, TX (US); and Christopher Adams-Hernandez, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/603,047
Filed by FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/028079
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/214568, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,193, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0186577 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 33/035 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/0353 (2020.05) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A method of assembling a modular valve tree, the method comprising:
disposing an insert within a seat pocket of a first block;
disposing a second block adjacent to the first block, wherein a portion of the insert is disposed within a seat pocket of the second block;
assembling a retention system configured to retain the blocks in position, wherein assembly of the retention system compresses and engages one or more sealing elements of the insert, wherein assembling the retention system comprises securing an external frame around the blocks, such that the external frame extends across the first block and the second block.