Patents Assigned to GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
  • Patent number: 11015733
    Abstract: A system includes an actuator housing having a plurality of adapter lugs extending radially inward toward an axis, each adapter lug of the plurality of adapter lugs secured to the housing via a respective connector. The system also includes a bonnet having a plurality of bonnet lugs extending radially outward away from the axis, each bonnet lug of the plurality of bonnet lugs being separated by a respective space, the space being sized to permit axial movement of an adapter lug of the plurality of adapter lugs toward a lower flange arranged axially lower than the plurality of bonnet lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Jeremy Ryan Choate, Travis Kyle McEvoy, Lloyd Cheatham, Keith M Adams, Robert Law
  • Patent number: 11015732
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for coupling objects in a wellbore includes a unidirectional valve having a body. The body includes two or more body lugs extending radially outward, each body lug of the two or more body lugs extending at least a portion of a circumferential distance of the body. The system also includes a tubing hanger having a bore that receives the unidirectional valve. The bore includes an axial restraint system that receives the two or more body lugs and blocks axial movement of the unidirectional valve in a first position and enables axial movement of the unidirectional valve in a section position, the unidirectional valve being non-threadingly coupled to the tubing hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Claudia Leon, Gajanan Hegde, Keith Adams, Travis McEvoy
  • Patent number: 10844687
    Abstract: An annulus seal for sealing an interface between a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The annulus seal includes a central body portion, a first seal leg extending from the central body portion in a first direction and a second seal leg extending from the central body portion in the first direction across from the first seal leg. The first seal leg sealingly engages the casing hanger, and the second seal leg sealingly engages the wellhead housing. At least one of the first seal leg or the second seal leg includes at least one of a first cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the first direction or a second cavity at least partially extending into the respective seal leg from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Alejandro Rodela, Joseph Pallini, Andrew Ingram, Greg Dunn
  • Patent number: 10816137
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a remote well servicing system including a control unit and a remote servicing manifold. The control unit further includes a service fluid source and a control system. The remote servicing manifold further includes a fluid input line coupled to the service fluid source, a fluid output line couplable to a well component, and a valve coupled to the fluid input line and the fluid output line, wherein the valve, when actuated, places the fluid input line in fluid communication with the fluid output line and permits delivery of a service fluid from the service fluid source to the well component. The remote servicing manifold also includes a control line coupling the valve and the control system wherein the control system controls actuation of the valve via the control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Christopher Taylor Herman, Saurabh Kajaria, Justin Kristopher Lin, Timothy Fuller
  • Patent number: 10774945
    Abstract: A system for securing a valve actuator to a valve assembly includes an actuator housing with a plurality of housing lugs protruding radially. A cylinder assembly is located within the actuator housing and has a horseshoe connector to engage a valve stem nub of a valve stem and transfer axial movement of the horseshoe connector to axial movement of the valve stem. A bonnet has a plurality of bonnet lugs protruding radially from the bonnet to define a plurality of bonnet slots therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of housing lugs are sized to pass axially through a respective one of the plurality of bonnet slots when the actuator housing is in a released position, the actuator housing being rotatable to a locked position such that the plurality of bonnet lugs prevent axial movement of the actuator housing in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Robert Kevin Law, Keith M. Adams, Lloyd R. Cheatham
  • Patent number: 10767435
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for installing a slip hanger assembly in a wellbore with a slip bowl comprising an aperture extending from an outer diameter of the slip bowl. The system also includes a slip coupled to the slip bowl, the slip comprising teeth on an inner face and a slot for receiving a shear pin extending through the aperture. The system further includes a running tool coupled to the slip bowl. The system includes a housing coupled to the running tool, the housing including a cylinder for receiving a reciprocating piston, the piston being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the slip is in stored position while the piston is in the first position and an engaged position when the piston is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Rodolfo Lugo, Andrew Helvenston, Gajanan Hegde, Satish Ramasheshaiah, Eugene Borak, Chijie Lin, Jean Brunjes
  • Patent number: 10745994
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for determining a valve member position. The system includes a valve having a flow passage extending therethrough. The system also includes a valve member positioned in a cavity that intersects the flow passage, the valve member coupled to a valve stem that axially translates the valve member between an open position and a closed position. The system includes an actuator coupled to the valve stem, the actuator providing a motive force to drive the axial movement of the valve member via the valve stem. The system includes a closure cap coupled to the actuator, the closure cap comprising a sensor feature arranged within an interior portion of the closure cap, the sensor feature arranged to react to an input from an actuator piston indicative of an actuator piston position within the interior portion of the closure cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Lauren Michelle Valera, Travis McEvoy, Keith Adams
  • Patent number: 10745991
    Abstract: An overpressure safety system for use with a distribution of pressurized fluid associated with hydrocarbon production operations includes a safety valve in fluid communication with a main bore of a fluid control manifold assembly. The safety valve has a blocking condition where the safety valve blocks a flow of pressurized fluid through the safety valve, and a venting condition where the safety valve provides a fluid flow path for the pressurized fluid at a set overpressure to pass through the safety valve. A valve member is moveable within the safety valve between a first position where a pressure side of the valve member blocks the flow of the pressurized fluid at a pressure below the set overpressure from passing through the safety valve, and a second position where the valve member provides a fluid flow path for the pressurized fluid at any pressure to pass through the safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria, Robert Ripple, Travis Kyle McEvoy, Keith M. Adams, Gerald Schofield
  • Patent number: 10746001
    Abstract: A system includes a pair of wellbore tubulars coupled together via a casing collar. A hold down collar is arranged circumferentially about the casing collar. An actuating piston of the system includes an actuating body, the actuating piston being axially movable along the wellbore axis between an activated position and a deactivated position. Slip elements are arranged downstream of the actuating piston, the slip elements receiving the actuating body in a space formed between the slip elements, wherein the actuating body drives the respective slip elements in opposite radial directions when in the activated position to secure the wellbore tubulars within the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Joseph Shu Yian Liew, Hoong Man Ng
  • Patent number: 10745992
    Abstract: An energizing ring for setting a downhole sealing element includes a passage extending through a width of the energizing ring and a wing extending radially outward from a body of the energizing ring, the wing includes a sealing arm coupled to the body at a joint and a slot arranged between at least a portion of the sealing arm and the body, wherein the sealing arm is configured to pivot relative to the joint in response to a fluid pressure within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Samuel Heung Yeung Cheng, Wei He, Kevin O'Dell, Joseph Pallini
  • Patent number: 10731433
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for suspending a hanger within a wellbore component including an actuation ring circumferentially positioned about the hanger. The system also includes an arm removably coupled to the actuation ring, the arm extending longitudinally from the actuation ring and including a head at an end opposite the actuation ring. The system further includes a landing profile formed on the head on an outer diameter of the head, the landing profile including a plurality of landing features forming a plurality of landing shoulders. The system includes a tag shoulder formed on the actuation ring, the tag shoulder arranged to contact a protrusion within the wellbore component to drive upward axial movement of the actuation ring along an axis, the upward axial movement being transferred to the arm to move the arm toward an activated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventor: Joseph Shu Yian Liew
  • Patent number: 10724330
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method of replacing valve operation methods during fracturing operations including installing a first operator on a first valve of a first fracturing tree. The method also includes installing a second operator on a second valve of a second fracturing tree, the second fracturing tree being adjacent the first fracturing tree. The method also includes removing the first operator from the first valve, the first valve maintaining a position on the first fracturing tree after the first operator is removed. The method further includes removing the second operator from the second valve, the second valve maintaining a position on the second fracturing tree after the second operator is removed. The method also includes installing the first operator on the second valve after the first operator is removed from the first valve and after the second operator is removed from the second valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Lloyd Cheatham, Keith Adams, Jonathan Powell, Timothy Fuller
  • Patent number: 10718436
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a valve sleeve for forming at least a portion of a valve flow passage. The valve sleeve includes a seat end having a seat face, the seat end extending at least partially into a chamber of a valve body. The valve sleeve also includes a sleeve portion coupled to the seat end and having a coupling end opposite the seat face, the coupling end comprising a retaining mechanism for removably coupling the valve sleeve to the valve body. The valve sleeve further includes an opening extending along a length of the valve sleeve, the opening forming at least a portion of the valve flow passage and having a generally circular cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Jonathan Keith Powell, Brian Munk, Guy Mitelman, Lloyd Cheatham
  • Patent number: 10711586
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a multi-inlet fracturing head (MIFH) having a first inlet channel extending through a body of the MIFH, the first inlet channel being substantially perpendicular to an axis of the MIFH and directing fluid into a first flow passage of the MIFH. The MIFH also includes a second inlet channel extending through the body of the MIFH, the second inlet channel being at an angle relative to the axis and directing fluid into the first flow passage of the MIFH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Shadi Moaness Saleh, Timothy Fuller, Fauad Saleem, Gajanan Hegde, Saurabh Kajaria
  • Patent number: 10704706
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a valve assembly including a supply housing with a first bore and an injectable housing coupled to the supply housing with a second bore. The valve assembly further includes a piston extending through at least a portion of the first and second bores, the piston being reciprocable axially along a longitudinal axis. The valve assembly also includes a first inlet at a first end of the supply housing for directing a working fluid toward a first end of the piston. The valve assembly includes a second inlet extending through the injectable housing toward a cavity that receives an injectable material. The valve assembly also includes a second outlet at a second end of the injectable housing that directs the injectable material out of the injectable housing as the piston moves axially along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Travis Kyle McEvoy, Lloyd Cheatham, Keith Adams
  • Publication number: 20200208490
    Abstract: An overpressure safety system for use with a distribution of pressurized fluid associated with hydrocarbon production operations includes a safety valve in fluid communication with a main bore of a fluid control manifold assembly. The safety valve has a blocking condition where the safety valve blocks a flow of pressurized fluid through the safety valve, and a venting condition where the safety valve provides a fluid flow path for the pressurized fluid at a set overpressure to pass through the safety valve. A valve member is moveable within the safety valve between a first position where a pressure side of the valve member blocks the flow of the pressurized fluid at a pressure below the set overpressure from passing through the safety valve, and a second position where the valve member provides a fluid flow path for the pressurized fluid at any pressure to pass through the safety valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria, Robert Ripple, Travis Kyle McEvoy, Keith M. Adams, Gerald Schofield
  • Patent number: 10698427
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method including receiving first impact data. The method includes receiving second impact data. The method includes applying a first filter to both the first impact data and the second impact data. The method includes applying a second filter to both the first impact data and the second impact data. Filtering includes time and frequency based discriminating filter to isolate specific signatures that representatively indicate impact signatures generated by the sand on the interrogator. The method includes comparing the first impact data and the second impact data for corresponding signatures. The method includes identifying a corresponding signature in both the first impact data and the second impact data. The method includes determining the corresponding signature meets a threshold criterion. The method includes determining one or more particulate properties based at least in part on the corresponding peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: GE OIL & GAS PRESSURE CONTROL LP
    Inventors: Vimal V. Shah, Lily Jiang, Lembit Salasoo
  • Publication number: 20200149389
    Abstract: A wellhead monitoring system includes a conversion assembly, the conversion assembly including an actuator element for modifying an operating mode of a valve from manual to remote. The system also includes one or more sensors, associated at least one of a fracturing tree or the conversion assembly, the one or more sensors obtaining wellhead operating conditions. The system further includes a control unit, adapted to receive information from the one or more sensors, the control unit presenting the information, on a display, and transmitting the information to a remote system for analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Zeyad Al-Salmani, Jason Williams, Saurabh Kajaria
  • Patent number: 10619471
    Abstract: A method for remotely controlling services to a well during hydraulic fracturing operations includes generating a high pressure fluid and pumping the high pressure fluid into a subterranean geologic formation through a wellbore of a first well, the high pressure fluid being provided at a sufficient pressure to fracture the subterranean geologic formation. The method also includes performing a service on a second well, the second well being located within a pressure zone defined around the first well and the second well. The method further includes controlling the performance of the service from a remote operations hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria, Jacob Clifton
  • Publication number: 20200109807
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus for transporting fluids including a chassis having wheels and a hitch, the hitch arranged at a first end and the wheels arranged at a second end. The apparatus also includes a high pressure trunk line extending along a length of the chassis, the high pressure trunk line having high pressure inlets for coupling one or more lines directing high pressure fluids into the high pressure trunk line. The apparatus includes one or more low pressure lines, the one or more low pressure lines arranged proximate the high pressure trunk line and having suction outlets along the length of the chassis. The apparatus includes an inlet manifold positioned at the second end of the chassis, the inlet manifold being coupled to the one or more low pressure lines to supply a low pressure fluid to the one or more low pressure lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Saurabh Kajaria, Jason Williams