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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Thomas H. Selman, Midland, TX (US);
Juanita C. Selman, Midland, TX (US);
Matthew J. Jennings, Midland, TX (US);
Richard James Gonzales, Midland, TX (US);
Brian A. Jennings, Midland, TX (US);
Stephen M. Bergman, Casper, WY (US);
Thomas H. Selman, Midland, TX (US);
Juanita C. Selman, Midland, TX (US);
Matthew J. Jennings, Midland, TX (US);
Richard James Gonzales, Midland, TX (US);
Brian A. Jennings, Midland, TX (US);
Stephen M. Bergman, Casper, WY (US);
Selman and Associates, Ltd., Midland, TX (US);
Abstract
A low maintenance adjustable gas trap with a plurality of couplings, each coupling securing to a flow line of a drilling rig; a plurality of hammer unions each engaging a coupling; a plurality of base manifold pipes, each engaging a hammer union; a base manifold flow line engaging the base manifold pipes, a chimney pipe connected to the base manifold flow line with a controllable valve, a reducer connected to the chimney opposite the base manifold flow line; an expansion chamber component connected to the reducer; a restrictor mounted to the expansion chamber component opposite the reducer, wherein the restrictor has a diameter no more than ⅓a diameter of the expansion chamber component; and a conduit connection connected to the restrictor for engaging a conduit to flow a gas sample from the gas trap to a gas analyzer.