229 patents
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Utility
Citrate polyester additives for crude oil, mixtures of said additives and crude oil, and methods for producing said mixtures
10 Jan 23
Citrate polyester additives for crude oils, mixtures of the citrate polyester additives and crude oils, and methods for producing or forming the mixtures are provided.
Christopher S. Daeffler, Graham Robert Drummond, Grady F. Parker, III, Hema Rampersad
Filed: 10 Aug 21
Utility
Drawworks apparatus and method
10 Jan 23
A drawworks assembly including a drum including a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, a coupling assembly configured to transmit torque to the drum, and a cradle assembly configured to support the drum, wherein the coupling assembly is releasably coupled to the drum at a first planar engagement interface disposed at the first end of the drum, wherein the cradle assembly is releasably coupled to the drum at a second planar engagement interface disposed at the second end of the drum.
Mike Netecke, Roy Cabrera
Filed: 25 Aug 20
Utility
Well fracturing manifold apparatus
27 Dec 22
A fracturing system can include a fracturing manifold coupled to a plurality of fracturing trees.
Gregory A. Conrad
Filed: 1 Mar 21
Utility
Tool trap system
27 Dec 22
A tool trap system that includes a housing.
Pandeeswaran Krishnasamy, Prabhu Jagadesan, Meshach Samuel Raj R
Filed: 20 Aug 20
Utility
Alternative energy battery charging systems for well construction
27 Dec 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
Breech lock connection for drilling riser auxiliary line
27 Dec 22
An auxiliary line system for a drilling riser includes a first auxiliary line portion configured to couple to a first section of the drilling riser, a second auxiliary line portion configured to couple to a second section of the drilling riser, and a breech lock connection.
Ryan Kim, Harold Tenorio, Michael Unterkircher, Jorge Pau, Ernesto Guevara
Filed: 27 Jul 20
Utility
Short contact, elevated temperature MEG reclamation
13 Dec 22
Monoethylene glycol (MEG) may be reclaimed by a process that includes contacting a MEG-water-salt stream with a heat transfer fluid and then flash separating the MEG and water in the flash separator vessel where the pressure is higher than 0.3 barA (0.03 MPa), the temperature is in the range of above 120° C. to about 250° C., and the residence time of the MEG and water ranges from about 1 second to about 10 minutes, and then removing the MEG and water in an overhead of the flash separator vessel and removing the salt from the flash separator vessel.
Christopher Stephen King, Brian Edward Messenger, Harihara V. Nemmara, Z. Frank Zheng, Shihui Zhou
Filed: 16 Jul 15
Utility
Hanger running tool and hanger
15 Nov 22
A system includes a hanger running tool that has a first lock ring configured to secure the hanger running tool to a hanger when a first axial force is applied to the hanger running tool and a tool body configured to direct a push ring of the hanger in an axial direction when a second axial force is applied to the hanger running tool, where the push ring is configured to direct a second lock ring of the hanger radially outward toward a tubular, and where the hanger running tool is configured to secure the hanger to the tubular without rotating the hanger running tool.
Michael Levert, Jr., Kyle Sommerfeld, Gavin Robottom
Filed: 22 Jun 20
Utility
Test system for a pressure control equipment system
1 Nov 22
A test system for a pressure control equipment (PCE) stack includes a pump for directing fluid into the PCE stack, a drive for operating the pump to control fluid flow into the PCE stack, and a controller communicatively coupled to the drive and a sensor that transmits sensor data indicative of pressure within the PCE stack.
Jonathan Haslanger
Filed: 28 May 20
Utility
Direct drive drawworks
18 Oct 22
A direct drive drawworks having a first electric motor comprising a first output shaft, a second electric motor comprising a second output shaft, and a drum for storing a flexible line.
Michael Raymond Netecke, Rogelio Cabrera
Filed: 21 Jul 20
Utility
Tubing hanger running tool systems and methods
4 Oct 22
A hanger running tool configured to set a hanger assembly within a wellhead includes a rotatable tool configured to couple to the hanger assembly via a first threaded interface having a first orientation.
Dennis P. Nguyen
Filed: 1 Jun 20
Utility
System and method for handling a tubular member
27 Sep 22
A system for handling a tubular member includes a gripping assembly configured to grip the tubular member.
Erling Tambs, Zhijun Zhou, Thomas Vatne
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Choke valve trim
13 Sep 22
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward a choke valve system including a choke valve body and a plurality of choke trims.
Declan Elliott, Michael Anthony McKeon
Filed: 13 Aug 19
Utility
Accumulator system
13 Sep 22
A double acting accumulator system includes a housing including an actuator housing, a first piston housing coupled to the actuator housing, a second piston housing coupled to the actuator housing, a shaft configured to move axially within the first piston housing and the second piston housing, a first piston coupled to a first end of the shaft, a second piston coupled to a second end of the shaft, an electric actuator configured to couple to and drive the shaft to alternatingly compress fluid with the first piston in the first piston housing and the second piston in the second piston housing to drive fluid out of the respective first piston housing and the second piston housing, and a plurality of anti-rotation shafts configured to block rotation of the shaft.
Christopher Nault, Matthew David Givens, Vikas Rakhunde, Stephen McGuire
Filed: 11 Feb 20
Utility
Fracturing system with flexible conduit
6 Sep 22
A fracturing fluid delivery system is provided.
Kirk P. Guidry
Filed: 19 Jul 21
Utility
Method to simulate bop shearing
30 Aug 22
A method to create a simulation of a shearing process for a ram blowout preventer (BOP) comprising the steps of building a 3D digital model of the ram BOP including damage parameters based on generic material properties of the ram BOP; inputting the 3D digital model of the ram BOP into a damage model; and simulating the shearing process using the 3D digital model of the ram BOP and the damage model.
Yaou Wang, Christopher Nault, Michael W. Berckenhoff
Filed: 30 Apr 19
Utility
Fracturing valve systems and methods
23 Aug 22
Fracturing systems with frac valves having gates for controlling flow of fracturing fluid are provided.
Adam Christopherson, Michael Krejci, Pawan Malli, Leonard Vogel, Nicholas Ruff, Delbert Vanderford, Stuart Robinson, Dennis P. Nguyen
Filed: 24 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
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
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