Patent ID: 11867023
Assignee: DOWNING WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 19:
20. An apparatus, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium; and
a plurality of instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by one or more processors, wherein, when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the following steps are executed:
controlling, using a first controller, a first valve apparatus to pass a downhole tool and/or another object through the first valve apparatus and into a first wellhead, the first valve apparatus being operably coupled to:
the first wellhead, opposite a first wellbore, the first wellhead comprising one or more first wellhead valves and a frac tree operably coupled to the one or more first wellhead valves, opposite the first wellbore; and
a latch configured to secure a lubricator for deployment and retrieval of the downhole tool on a conveyance string;

wherein the first valve comprises:
an operating volume; and
a valve openable to permit fluid communication between the operating volume and the first wellhead, and closeable to at least partially fluidically isolate the operating volume from the first wellhead;

and
wherein controlling the first valve apparatus to pass the downhole tool and/or the another object through the first valve apparatus and into the first wellhead comprises pressurizing the operating volume via a conduit operably coupled to the first valve apparatus between the valve and the latch.