- Patent Title: Selector valve for high pressure hydrocarbon production operations
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Application No.: US14660070Application Date: 2015-03-17
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Publication No.: US09909386B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Travis Kyle McEvoy , Lloyd Ray Cheatham , Ben Calvin Holgate , Christopher Dibernardo
- Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
- Current Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hogan Lovells US LLP
- Main IPC: E21B34/02
- IPC: E21B34/02 ; F16K11/085

Abstract:
An apparatus for directing a fluid from an inlet to one of a plurality of outlets that are associated with a wellhead assembly includes a block body having a block inlet and a plurality of block outlets. A selector plug is located within the block body, the selector plug having a plug inlet aligned with the block inlet along a central axis, a plug outlet at an angle relative to the central axis, and a plug bore extending from the plug inlet to the plug outlet. A stem member is moveable to selectively rotate the selector plug within the block body so that the plug outlet aligns with one of the plurality of block outlets, providing a fluid flow path from the block inlet to such one of the plurality of block outlets, and impeding fluid communication from the block inlet to the others of the plurality of block outlets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150267505A1 Selector Valve for High Pressure Hydrocarbon Production Operations Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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