US 12,435,819 B2
Adjustable flowline connections
Jeremy Choate, Houston, TX (US); Keith Adams, Katy, TX (US); Mahesha Udipi, Houston, TX (US); Brian N. Munk, Houston, TX (US); and Blanca Estela Montoya, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/236,025.
Application 18/236,025 is a continuation of application No. 16/991,848, filed on Aug. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,754,211.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392727 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/127 (2019.08) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flowline, comprising:
a first flowline segment, the first flowline segment being coupled to a fracturing tree at a first end;
a second flowline segment, the second flowline segment coupled to a second end of the first flowline segment at a third end; and
a connector joining the second end of the first flowline segment to the third end of the second flowline segment, the connector having a plurality of connector lugs arranged circumferentially about a connector bore, the connector bore receiving at least a portion of the first flowline segment, the connector enabling axial movement between the first flowline segment and the second flowline segment when mating lugs associated with the first flowline segment are aligned with respective gaps between adjacent connector lugs of the plurality of connector lugs and blocking axial movement between the first flowline segment and the second flowline segment when the mating lugs associated with the first flowline segment are aligned with the plurality of connector lugs, wherein at least one of the first flowline segment or the second flowline segment is rotatable about an axis to move between a first position enabling axial movement and a second position blocking axial movement;
wherein the connector is secured to the second flowline segment by one or more fasteners positioned radially outward from and parallel to the connector bore, the one or more fasteners extending through the connector at a connector flange area and into the second flowline segment.