416 patents
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Utility
Zero-gap Hanger Systems and Methods
18 Aug 22
A hanger system for use with a housing of a wellhead includes a hanger assembly.
Kirk Guidry, Dennis P. Nguyen, Barret Heinrich
Filed: 16 Feb 22
Utility
Water treating equipment providing coalescence and flotation within a single vessel
16 Aug 22
A vessel for treating an oil-in-water inlet stream houses an inlet flow distributor arranged to direct an inlet flow toward a perforated baffle of a coalescing section, the coalescing section housing a packing and being arranged upstream of a second baffle; a flotation section arranged to receive a flow exiting the coalescing section and being divided by one or more perforated baffles; and an outlet water collecting pipe arranged to receive a flow exiting the flotation section, the outlet water collecting pipe having one or more openings located along its length.
Joseph Min-Hsiun Lee, Gary W. Sams, Z. Frank Zheng
Filed: 13 Apr 20
Utility
Flange system
16 Aug 22
A technique enables maintenance of sufficient clearance between a wellhead and, for example, a mobile rig.
Benny Poedjono, Jose Melguizo, Pheng Aun Soh, Craig Cotton
Filed: 30 Mar 21
Utility
Adjustable Erosion Resistant Choke Valve
4 Aug 22
A choke valve includes a choke body and a choke trim disposed within the choke body.
Declan Elliott, James Kenny, Jerry A. Martino, Stuart Robinson
Filed: 26 Jun 20
Utility
Cable management on marine drilling risers
2 Aug 22
A drilling riser cable management system includes a plurality of clamping mechanisms pre-installed on riser joints and a robotic arm.
Vikas Rakhunde, Steven Shimonek, Nicolas Arteaga, Matthew Givens, Harold Tenorio, Jon Tyler, John Zahl
Filed: 23 Jan 20
Utility
Rotating control device systems and methods
2 Aug 22
A rotating control device (RCD) system includes a first RCD comprising a first body and a first sealing element within the first body and a second RCD comprising a second body a second sealing element within the second body.
Stephen McGuire
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Power supply unit, system and method for coalescence of multi-phase liquid mixtures
26 Jul 22
A power supply device includes a power conversion circuit configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage, and a controller coupled to the power conversion circuit and configured to control the power conversion circuit to generate the output voltage for causing or enhancing coalescence of a multi-phase liquid mixture when the output voltage is applied to the multi-phase liquid mixture.
Pavan Kumar B. Mandewalkar, Gary W. Sams
Filed: 5 Nov 19
Utility
Wellhead Assembly Valve Systems and Methods
21 Jul 22
An apparatus includes a valve coupled to a pressure-containing component of a wellhead assembly.
Kirk P. Guidry, Dennis P. Nguyen, Ebtihal Chafroud, Stuart Robinson, Haw Keat Lim, Loc Hoang
Filed: 3 Jun 20
Utility
Fracturing manifold systems and methods
19 Jul 22
A fracturing system is provided.
Kirk P. Guidry
Filed: 28 Dec 20
Utility
Shear ram for a blowout preventer
19 Jul 22
The present disclosure relates to a ram system for a blowout preventer.
Miguel Urrutia, Micah Threadgill, John Gregory Landthrip
Filed: 3 Jun 20
Utility
Virtual Integration Test System and Method
14 Jul 22
Fei Song, Christopher Sanchez, Ke Ken Li, Stuart Robinson, Kirk Guidry
Filed: 11 Jun 20
Utility
Environmentally Friendly Flow Improvers with Improved Formulation Stability at Low Temperatures
14 Jul 22
A method of treating petroleum fluids may include adding a flow improver composition to the petroleum fluids, the flow improver composition, comprising: a solvent; and a dendrimer-based flow improver, wherein at least a portion of the surface sites of the dendrimer are chemically modified with saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.
Tore Nordvik, Rachael Anne Cole, Chandrashekhar Yeshwant Khandekar, Pradyumna Avinash Deshpande
Filed: 12 May 20
Utility
Inline Fracturing Valve Systems and Methods
14 Jul 22
Fracturing systems with frac valves for controlling flow of fracturing fluid are provided.
Michael Krejci, Pheng Aun Soh, Stuart Robinson, Edward L. Ganzinotti, III
Filed: 14 Jan 21
Utility
In situ decontamination of downhole equipment
12 Jul 22
A method of decontaminating naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) from downhole equipment may include injecting a NORM dissolver into an isolated region of a wellbore in which NORM-contaminated production equipment is located; and removing the NORM contaminants from the production equipment.
Mohammed Abdellatif, Mohamed AlMahdy, Henricus Fortuin
Filed: 20 Apr 17
Utility
Flotation performance enhancement
12 Jul 22
Flotation separation apparatus and methods are described herein, comprising a vessel having a plurality of flow guides oriented vertically in the vessel, a liquid inlet at a lower part of the vessel, a gas inlet at the lower part of the vessel, a first liquid outlet at an upper part of the vessel, a second liquid outlet at the lower part of the vessel, and a gas outlet at the upper part of the vessel.
Luis Eduardo Caires-Fernandez, Daniel E. Shannon
Filed: 26 Apr 21
Utility
Actuator Assembly
30 Jun 22
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: 7 Dec 21
Utility
Alternative Energy Battery Charging Systems for Well Construction
23 Jun 22
A drilling rig includes a rig component, an actuator coupled to the rig component, an electric power storage device coupled to the actuator and configured to cause the actuator to actuate.
Matthew Olson, Stephen McGuire
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
System and Method for Damping Forces Exerted on a Cable
23 Jun 22
A damper includes an upper connector configured to be connected to a cable.
Dag Holen, Kristian Tindvik, Rune Skibsrud
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Hot Isostatic Pressing (Hip) Fabrication of Multi-metallic Components for Pressure-controlling Equipment
16 Jun 22
A multi-metallic pressure-controlling component and a hot isostatic pressure (HIP) manufacturing process and system are disclosed.
Micah Threadgill, Terry Clancy, Herman Ernesto Amaya, Christopher Nault, Thomas Berglund
Filed: 16 Dec 20
Utility
Riser running tool with liquid fill and test
14 Jun 22
A drilling riser running system includes a water filling system and a pressure testing system that can fill and pressure test auxiliary lines of the riser system, while simultaneously running a riser joint.
Nicolas Arteaga, Carlos Mesquita, Rolf Gullaksen
Filed: 10 Oct 19