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Ball drop wellhead control apparatus

US9010412B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2011
Grant dateApr 21, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/0435
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A ball drop wellhead control apparatus provides a ball controller between a frac ball drop or frac ball injector used to drop frac balls into a frac fluid stream being pumped into a subterranean well.

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