416 patents
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Utility
Self-tuning of power units for electrical separators
31 Oct 23
Embodiments described herein provide a method of tuning an electrical liquid separator, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator; electrically coupling a power unit to the liquid mixture inside the separator; applying a time-varying voltage from the power unit to the liquid mixture; increasing a voltage applied to the liquid mixture from the power unit from a first voltage to a second voltage; detecting an inflection point in a current from the power unit; setting a voltage output range of the power unit to encompass a voltage at which the inflection point was detected.
Pavan Kumar B. Mandewalkar, Miguel Angel Lopez
Filed: 4 Nov 20
Utility
Side packer for a blowout preventer
31 Oct 23
The present disclosure relates to a system that includes a ram configured to mount in a blowout preventer.
Micah Threadgill
Filed: 17 May 21
Utility
Apparatus and method of disbursing materials into a wellbore
24 Oct 23
A system includes a dispensing device having a material chamber to store an oilfield material and to fluidly couple to a wellhead, a plurality of flow control devices to control a flow of the oilfield material via the material chamber, a plurality of sensors to measure one or more properties related to the dispensing device, and a control system communicatively coupled to the dispensing device.
Thomas G. Roesner, Bruce A. Hogg, Craig L. Cotton
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Needle tip and seat for a choke valve
24 Oct 23
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a choke valve that includes a choke body, a choke trim disposed in the choke body, where the choke trim is configured to adjust a cross-sectional area of a flow path in the choke body to adjust a fluid flow through the choke valve, a needle of the choke trim disposed in the flow path of the fluid flow, where the needle includes a first portion having a superhard material, a seat of the choke trim, where the needle is configured to move along an axis extending through an opening of the seat to adjust the fluid flow through the choke valve.
Scott A. Miller, Ghulam A. Barkatally, Jerry A. Martino, Declan Elliott, Edmund Peter McHugh, Jonathan Marshall, David Hoyle, Neil Cannon
Filed: 21 Dec 22
Utility
Valve insert system
24 Oct 23
A system including a valve.
Sandra Gavela, Zachary Walters, Codie Smith, Loc Gia Hoang, Eric Miller
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Power unit phase angle for separation unit control
24 Oct 23
Embodiments described herein provide a method of separating a liquid mixture, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator, electrically coupling a power circuit to the liquid mixture inside the separator, applying a time-varying voltage to the power circuit, detecting a phase angle in the power circuit; and controlling the phase angle by adjusting a characteristic of the time-varying voltage.
Gary W. Sams, S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar
Filed: 21 Nov 19
Utility
Digital treatment of multi-phase liquid mixtures
24 Oct 23
A method of operating a liquid separator includes detecting a volume of a multi-phase liquid mixture inside the operating liquid separator using one or more detectors; determining, from a signal of the one or more detectors, a volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; determining an amount of a chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, based on the volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; and applying the amount of chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, to the separator.
Emanuel J. Gottlieb, Gary W. Sams
Filed: 18 Jul 19
Utility
Plug Assembly for a Mineral Extraction System
19 Oct 23
A system includes a plug assembly having a housing configured to be positioned within a first passageway formed in a wellhead component.
Conor James Gray, Edmund McHugh
Filed: 19 Jun 23
Utility
Actuator Assembly
19 Oct 23
An actuator assembly includes a threaded shaft, a threaded nut that is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft, an annular ratchet positioned about the threaded shaft and comprising one or more tracks, and a pin that extends from the threaded shaft and into the one or more tracks.
Kyle Sommerfeld
Filed: 20 Jun 23
Utility
Diverter Valve Assembly
19 Oct 23
A diverter valve assembly includes a diverter valve.
Aleem Aman Khokhar
Filed: 1 Sep 21
Utility
Wellhead Alignment Systems and Methods
19 Oct 23
A wellhead alignment system includes a visual marker configured to be placed at a wellhead and a camera configured to capture an image that includes the visual marker.
Alan Davis, Tianxiang Su
Filed: 19 Apr 22
Utility
Linear motor hoisting system
10 Oct 23
Systems and methods for hoisting a top drive of a drilling rig.
Michael Raymond Netecke
Filed: 27 Jul 20
Utility
Running tool system for a hanger
3 Oct 23
A technique facilitates utilization of a running tool system for use with a tubing hanger deployed at a wellhead.
Haw Keat Lim, Choon Keat Lai, Yoon Keat Yong, Boon Hao Hee, Ping Cheng Lai
Filed: 25 Sep 19
Utility
Valve gate eutectic lock
3 Oct 23
A valve gate assembly with a eutectic implement configured to degrade in response to a force imparted along a non-parallel load path.
Jermetris McLin, Mark McGilvray, Jr., Ovidiu Zorca
Filed: 1 Apr 20
Utility
Double Grip Retention for Wellbore Installations
28 Sep 23
A wellhead assembly with a gripping device for securing multiple components of the wellhead assembly is provided.
Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Brandon Blake Shirley
Filed: 2 Jun 23
Utility
Snub Friendly Wellhead Hanger
28 Sep 23
A method for snubbing a wellhead hanger into a wellhead is provided.
Brandon Blake Shirley, Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Filed: 2 Jun 23
Utility
Erosion control system
19 Sep 23
A hydrocarbon extraction system that includes an erosion control system.
Stuart Robinson, Jerry Martino, Michael Krejci, Abinesh Gnanavelu
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Security system and method for pressure control equipment
19 Sep 23
A drilling system includes a surface system comprising a control panel.
Anh Dang, Matthew Olson
Filed: 7 Oct 20
Utility
Corrosion inhibitor with improved performance at high temperatures
19 Sep 23
Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.
Paul Barnes, Tore Nordvik, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Barmatov
Filed: 8 May 19
Utility
Fracturing Trees with Horizontally Offset Connections
7 Sep 23
A fracturing tree having fracturing fluid connections horizontally offset from a wellhead is provided.
Kirk Paul Guidry, Stefan Marek Radwanski
Filed: 7 Oct 22