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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 03, 2018
Applicant:

GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control Lp, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Travis Kyle McEvoy, Houston, TX (US);

Lloyd Cheatham, Lake Jackson, TX (US);

Keith Adams, Houston, TX (US);

Jonathan Powell, Houston, TX (US);

Timothy Fuller, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/02 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/02 (2013.01); E21B 33/068 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method of replacing valve operation methods during fracturing operations including installing a first operator on a first valve of a first fracturing tree. The method also includes installing a second operator on a second valve of a second fracturing tree, the second fracturing tree being adjacent the first fracturing tree. The method also includes removing the first operator from the first valve, the first valve maintaining a position on the first fracturing tree after the first operator is removed. The method further includes removing the second operator from the second valve, the second valve maintaining a position on the second fracturing tree after the second operator is removed. The method also includes installing the first operator on the second valve after the first operator is removed from the first valve and after the second operator is removed from the second valve.


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