Cactus Wellhead, LLC

Ge Oil Gas Pressure Control LP

Glenn C Parks, Jr

A gate valve and gate member for a gate valve, which may be used for hydrocarbon well fracturing operations with a fracturing fluid, or 'frac fluid', includes a seat, having a seat end face which is in sliding contact with a gate member that has a sealing face surface with at least one recess formed in the sealing face surface of the gate member.

Gate valve gate member for a gate valve

A gate valve and a seat insert for a gate valve having a valve body, which may be used for hydrocarbon well fracturing operations with a fracturing fluid, or 'frac fluid', includes a seat pocket for receipt of the seat insert and a seat, which seat insert may include a tubular member having a first and a second seat insert end face, the first and second seat insert end faces each include at least one annular seal, and the seat insert is disposed in the seat pocket with the first seat insert end face sealed against the valve body and the second seat insert end face sealed against the seat.

Gate valve and seat insert for a gate valve

A gate valve and a method for making a gate valve for use with abrasive fracturing fluids, include provided enlarged spaces in the gate valve body wherein sand or other debris from the fracturing fluid may accumulate without affecting the operation of the gate of the gate valve.

Gate valve

A gate valve seat for a gate valve includes a seat having a stepped outer wall surface, with a spring, spacer ring, front facing lip seal, and a rear facing lip seal disposed about the stepped outer surface of the seat. The spring may be releasably locked into a compressed configuration for installation of the gate of the gate valve.

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Cypress, TX, United States of America

Glenn C Parks, Jr