37 patents
Utility
Offshore pipelaying system using friction stir welding
16 Jan 24
A system for laying pipe includes a conveyor configured to receive one or more pipes, and one or more friction stir welding (FSW) machines configured to connect the one or more pipes to a pipeline deployed toward a sea floor.
Nigel Lakey, Brennan Domec, Jeremy R. Angelle, Matthew Weber
Filed: 4 Apr 22
Utility
Storm packer anchor and setting tool
27 Jun 23
An anchor-packer assembly includes a packer having a slips assembly and a seal.
Blake Arabie, Robert Taylor, Scotty Verret
Filed: 10 Jun 21
Utility
Surge reduction system for running liner casing in managed pressure drilling wells
25 Apr 23
A system for controlling surge pressure and deployed into a wellbore drilled using a managed pressure drilling technique includes auto-fill float equipment allowing flow into a liner casing string, a drillpipe diverter providing a flow path between a drillpipe landing string and an annulus, and a drillpipe flow restrictor selectively blocking the flow path from the top of the drillpipe landing string while allowing fluid to be displaced up the liner casing string and into the annulus.
John Christopher Jordan, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Roland Taylor Hennigan, Tony Wooley, Keith Thomas Lutgring
Filed: 10 Apr 20
Utility
Connection analyzed make-up systems and methods
28 Mar 23
A method including acquiring measurements representing torque applied to a connection between a first tubular and a second tubular, a rotational position of the first tubular relative to the second tubular, or both, obtaining a plurality of make-up parameters representing conditions under which the connection is fully made, generating a plurality of rules for connection evaluation based on the make-up parameters, and automatically evaluating the connection using a computer.
Marcus Savini, Brennan Domec, Vernon Bouligny
Filed: 31 Jul 19
Utility
Power tong interlock system
28 Mar 23
A control system for a tong for a drilling rig includes a tong motor control valve that is selectively actuatable to cause rotation of the tong in a first direction or in a second direction, a run/pull mode selector configured to actuate between a first configuration for running tubulars into a well and a second configuration for pulling tubulars from the well, a rotation speed selector configured to actuate between a high-speed setting configured to cause the tong to be driven to rotate at a first speed, and a low-speed setting configured to cause the tong to be driven to rotate at a second speed, and a rotation change control device configured to selectively prevent or permit actuation of the tong motor control valve based on the configuration of the run/pull mode selector and the setting of the rotation speed selector.
Charles M. Webre, Dax Joseph Neuville, Andre Frederick, Joshua Thibodeaux
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Storm Packer Anchor and Setting Tool
15 Dec 22
An anchor-packer assembly includes a packer having a slips assembly and a seal.
Blake Arabie, Robert Taylor, Scotty Verret
Filed: 10 Jun 21
Utility
Portable local positioning system
25 Oct 22
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for mitigating collision occurrences on a drilling rig, of which an example of the method includes associating ultra wide band (UWB) tags with pieces of rig equipment and rig personnel.
Seth Menard, Marcus Savini, Jeremy R. Angelle, Logan Smith, Robert L. Thibodeaux, Brennan Domec
Filed: 12 Feb 19
Utility
Offshore Pipelaying System Using Friction Stir Welding
13 Oct 22
A system for laying pipe includes a conveyor configured to receive one or more pipes, and one or more friction stir welding (FSW) machines configured to connect the one or more pipes to a pipeline deployed toward a sea floor.
Nigel Lakey, Brennan Domec, Jeremy R. Angelle, Matthew Weber
Filed: 4 Apr 22
Utility
Drill Pipe Torque Reducer and Method
22 Sep 22
An apparatus for reducing torque in a drill string includes a clamp assembly having a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first and second clamp segments each being generally arcuate and configured to connect together so as to secure the clamp assembly around an oilfield tubular and prevent the clamp assembly from axial and rotational movement relative to the oilfield tubular.
Logan Smith, Jarret Daigle, Keith Lutgring, Matthew Weber, Luk Servaes, Todd Simar, Dustin Pitre
Filed: 6 Jun 22
Utility
Well string tool and method for using the same
13 Sep 22
A tool for use within a subterranean well extending from a wellhead to a subterranean location, wherein the wellhead resides at a first temperature and the subterranean well increases in temperature in a direction from the wellhead to the subterranean location, increasing from the first temperature to a higher second temperature, includes a component including a meltable material.
Kerry G. Daly
Filed: 6 Aug 20
Utility
Drill pipe torque reducer and method
7 Jun 22
An apparatus for reducing torque in a drill string includes a clamp assembly having a first clamp segment and a second clamp segment, the first and second clamp segments each including two circumferential ends, the two circumferential ends of the first clamp segment being configured to be connected to the two circumferential ends of the second clamp segment so as to secure the clamp assembly around an oilfield tubular and prevent the clamp assembly from rotating relative to the oilfield tubular.
Logan Smith, Jarret Daigle, Keith Lutgring, Matthew Weber, Luk Servaes, Todd Simar, Dustin Pitre
Filed: 10 Jun 20
Utility
Perforating gun and system and method for using the same
22 Mar 22
A perforating gun system for use in a well casing disposed within a subterranean well includes a plurality of perforating gun sections each having at least one shaped charge.
Kerry G. Daly
Filed: 30 Jul 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for wellbore centralization
18 Jan 22
A centralizer assembly installed on a casing section.
Ron D. Robichaux, John E. Hebert, Scottie J. Scott
Filed: 14 Jan 20
Utility
Surge Reduction System for Running Liner Casing In Managed Pressure Drilling Wells
14 Oct 21
A system for controlling surge pressure and deployed into a wellbore drilled using a managed pressure drilling technique includes auto-fill float equipment allowing flow into a liner casing string, a drillpipe diverter providing a flow path between a drillpipe landing string and an annulus, and a drillpipe flow restrictor selectively blocking the flow path from the top of the drillpipe landing string while allowing fluid to be displaced up the liner casing string and into the annulus.
John Christopher Jordan, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Taylor Hennigan, Tony Wooley, Keith Thomas Lutgring
Filed: 10 Apr 20
Utility
Tubular stand building control systems and methods
12 Oct 21
Methods and systems for controlling a stand-building process of which the method includes engaging a first tubular using an elevator, hoisting the first tubular by raising the elevator, lowering the first tubular into a spider by lowering the elevator, engaging the first tubular using the spider, disengaging the first tubular from the elevator after engaging the first tubular using the spider, engaging a second tubular using the elevator, hoisting and lowering the second tubular into engagement with the first tubular, connecting together the first and second tubulars, and disengaging the spider from the first tubular after connecting together the first and second tubulars.
Dax Neuville, Brian Begnaud, Cory Cole
Filed: 31 Oct 19
Utility
Clamp-on single joint manipulator for use with single joint elevator
2 Feb 21
An apparatus for assembling a tubular string includes a rig drilling bail, a joint bail extender, and a device.
Keith Lutgring, Logan Smith, Nicholas Guidry
Filed: 6 Aug 19
Utility
Large diameter tubular lifting apparatuses and methods
26 Jan 21
A lifting elevator includes a first elevator segment having a first plurality of slips, a second elevator segment having a second plurality of slips, and a hinge.
Jeremy Richard Angelle, Logan Essex Smith
Filed: 29 May 18
Utility
Portable stand building winch
4 Jan 21
A portable apparatus for vertically positioning tubulars in a mousehole of a drilling rig includes a main body housing a winch and an anchor point.
Malcolm Graham Stedman Gray-Stephens, Dougal Brown
Filed: 13 Nov 18
Utility
Coating system for tubular gripping components
28 Dec 20
A gripping tool for gripping oilfield tubulars includes a gripping element having a substrate, and at least one gripping surface configured to engage an oilfield tubular, the at least one gripping surface being formed on the gripping element.
Brennan S. Domec, Jeremy R. Angelle
Filed: 30 Dec 18
Utility
Load transfer system for stands of tubulars
2 Nov 20
A load transfer system includes a load transfer bushing having a first and second arcuate segments configured to engage a load surface of a tubular or of a collar connected to the tubular, and an elevator configured to receive the load transfer bushing.
Jarret Daigle, Logan Smith, John Erick Stelly
Filed: 29 Apr 19