Patents Assigned to Maersk Oil Qatar A/S
  • Patent number: 9353588
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for examining a tubular channel, the device comprising a three-way valve, buoyancy means, pressure means, a vent line, at least one sensor and computation means; wherein the three-way valve controls the fluid flow between the pressure means and the buoyancy means and between the buoyancy means and the vent line; the computation means is communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and adapted to generate a control signal based on data received from the at least one sensor; and wherein the pressure means is fluidly coupled to the buoyancy means via the three-way valve such that a fluid may flow from the pressure means to the buoyancy means or from the buoyancy means to the surroundings of the device via the vent line; and wherein the computation means is communicatively coupled to the three-way valve and controls said three-way valve via the control signal. Thereby, the invention is able to examine e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: MAERSK OIL QATAR A/S
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Robert Bouke Peters
  • Patent number: 9249645
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for sealing off a part of a wall (5) in a section (6) drilled into an earth formation and to be placed in such section (6), where said apparatus comprises elongate members (1) arranged along a closed curve, where adjacent elongate members (1) are connected via intermediate links (2), each link (2) being moveable from an unlocked position to a locked position. The invention further relates to a method for applying such an apparatus comprising the steps of:—positioning an apparatus in collapsed configuration in a section (6) drilled into an earth formation with a the wall (5) to be sealed off;—expanding a net or cage in the apparatus, which net or cage is formed by elongate members (1) connected by intermediate links (2);—expanding a flexible member (3) arranged at an outer diameter of the apparatus to seal against the wall (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MAERSK OIL QATAR A/S
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen
  • Patent number: 9080388
    Abstract: A device for moving in a tubular channel comprises two gripper fluidly connected via a pump. A first gripper comprises a fluid. The pump is adapted to inflate a second gripper by pumping the fluid from the first gripper to the second gripper. The grippers comprises a flexible member contained in a woven member. The flexible member provides fluid-tightness and the woven member provides the shape of the grippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: MAERSK OIL QATAR A/S
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, David Ian Brink
  • Publication number: 20120277997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for examining a tubular channel, the device comprising a three-way valve, buoyancy means, pressure means, a vent line, at least one sensor and computation means; wherein the three-way valve controls the fluid flow between the pressure means and the buoyancy means and between the buoyancy means and the vent line; the computation means is communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor and adapted to generate a control signal based on data received from the at least one sensor; and wherein the pressure means is fluidly coupled to the buoyancy means via the three-way valve such that a fluid may flow from the pressure means to the buoyancy means or from the buoyancy means to the surroundings of the device via the vent line; and wherein the computation means is communicatively coupled to the three-way valve and controls said three-way valve via the control signal. Thereby, the invention is able to examine e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Maersk Oil Qatar A/S
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Robert Bouke Peters