185 patents
Utility
Erosion Control System
18 Jan 24
A hydrocarbon extraction system that includes an erosion control system.
Stuart Robinson, Jerry Martino, Michael Krejci, Abinesh Gnanavelu
Filed: 8 Aug 23
Utility
Apparatus and Method of Disbursing Materials into a Wellbore
11 Jan 24
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: 19 Sep 23
Utility
Needle Tip and Seat for a Choke Valve
4 Jan 24
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: 18 Sep 23
Utility
Valve Insert System
4 Jan 24
A system including a valve.
Sandra Gavela, Zachary Walters, Codie Smith, Loc Gia Hoang, Eric Miller
Filed: 19 Sep 23
Utility
Removal of Sulfate from Meg Streams Using Calcium Chloride
21 Dec 23
A MEG recovery process is described, in which a MEG stream is processed by performing a divalent treatment to reduce dissolved divalent cations in the portion of the stream; performing a sulfate treatment to reduce dissolved sulfate ions in the stream, the sulfate treatment comprising adding an underdose of one or more calcium halides, one or more lower calcium carboxylates, or a mixture thereof to a treatment stream; and precipitating calcium sulfate from the treatment stream; performing a solids removal treatment to reduce solids in the stream; and returning the treated stream, depleted in divalent cations, sulfate ions, and solids, to the MEG recovery process.
Brian Edward Messenger
Filed: 18 Jan 22
Utility
Running Tool System for a Hanger
14 Dec 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 Aug 23
Utility
Real-time Scale Precipitation Prediction and Control Systems and Methods
14 Dec 23
Systems and methods presented herein generally relate to receiving real-time data from one or more sensors associated with equipment of a hydrocarbon well production system, predicting scale precipitation in the hydrocarbon well production system based at least in part on the real-time data, and automatically adjusting one or more operating parameters of the equipment based at least in part on the predicted scale precipitation.
Miguel Angel Hernandez de la Bastida, Saniya Karnik, Michael Van Spankeren, Antonio Massoni Abinader, David Orta, Adelola Obisanya
Filed: 12 Oct 21
Utility
Well Fracturing Manifold Apparatus
30 Nov 23
A fracturing system can include a fracturing manifold coupled to a plurality of fracturing trees.
Gregory A. Conrad
Filed: 26 Dec 22
Utility
Corrosion Inhibitor with Improved Performance at High Temperatures
23 Nov 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: 3 Aug 23
Utility
Copolymer Additives for Crude Oil, Mixtures of Said Additives and Crude Oil, and Methods for Producing and Using Said Mixtures
16 Nov 23
Copolymer additives for crude oils, crude oil mixtures of the copolymer additives and crude oils, and methods for producing or forming the crude oil mixtures are provided.
Christopher S. Daeffler, Graham Robert Drummond, Grady F. Parker III, Hema Rampersad
Filed: 16 May 22
Utility
Lock Monitoring System for Hanger
9 Nov 23
A monitoring system includes one or more sensors coupled to a hanger running assembly that is configured to be inserted into a housing.
Edmund Peter McHugh, Conor Gray
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Land and Lock Monitoring System for Hanger
9 Nov 23
A monitoring system includes a first transducer component configured to couple to a running tool that is configured to place an insert into a housing and a second transducer component configured to couple to the housing.
Conor Gray
Filed: 6 May 22
Utility
Variable Feed Enclosed Combustor System and Method for Its Use
2 Nov 23
Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for using a sensed combustion zone temperature to continuously control combustion of a first (main) gas within an enclosed combustor.
Rafiqul Khan, Herman C. Hatfield, II, Ankur D. Jariwala, Gary W. Sams
Filed: 27 Jun 23
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
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
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