Patents Assigned to Shell Oil Co.
  • Publication number: 20040188099
    Abstract: A method of creating a casing in a borehole located in a subterranean formation including: supporting a tubular liner and an expansion device in the borehole using a support member; injecting fluidic material into the borehole; pressurizing an interior region of the expansion device; displacing a portion of the expansion device relative to the support member and the tubular liner in the longitudinal direction; and radially expanding the tubular liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell
  • Publication number: 20040182569
    Abstract: An apparatus for expanding a tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell
  • Publication number: 20040123988
    Abstract: A wellhead is formed by extruding a plurality of tubular liners off of a mandrel into contact with an outer casing. The first tubular liner and mandrel are positioned within the wellbore with the tubular liner in an overlapping relationship with the outer casing. At least a portion of the tubular liner is extruded off of the mandrel into contact with the interior surface of the outer casing. The first tubular liner is extruded off of the mandrel by pressurizing an interior portion of the first tubular liner. Subsequent tubular liners are positioned in concentric overlapping relation and similarly extruded off of a mandrel into at least partial contact with the interior surface of the outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack
  • Publication number: 20040045616
    Abstract: A wellbore casing formed by extruding a tubular liner off of a mandrel. The tubular liner and mandrel are positioned within a new section of a wellbore with the tubular liner in an overlapping relationship with an existing casing. A hardenable fluidic material is injected into the new section of the wellbore below the level of the mandrel and into the annular region between the tubular liner and the new section of the wellbore. The inner and outer regions of the tubular liner are then fluidicly isolated. A non hardenable fluidic material is then injected into a portion of an interior region of the tubular liner to pressurize the portion of the interior region of the tubular liner below the mandrel. The tubular liner is then extruded off of the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack
  • Publication number: 20030222455
    Abstract: An expandable threaded connection includes a first tubular member, a second tubular member and a threaded connection for coupling the tubular members that includes one or more sealing members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030192705
    Abstract: A wellbore casing is formed simultaneously with the drilling out of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell
  • Publication number: 20030173090
    Abstract: An expansion mandrel includes a lubrication system for lubricating the trailing edge portion of the interface between the expansion mandrel and a tubular member during the radial expansion of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Reece E. Wyant, Lev Ring, James Jang Woo Nahm, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030121669
    Abstract: An apparatus for releasably coupling two elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Publication number: 20030107217
    Abstract: A sealant for an expandable connection. The threaded portions of a pair of expandable tubulars are coated with a sealant. The threaded portions of the expandable tubulars are then coupled. The sealant is cured. The expandable tubulars are then placed within a preexisting structure. The expandable tubulars are then radially expanded into contact with the preexisting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Chan Daigle, Michael Bullock, Andrei Filippov, Scott Costa, Mike Cowan
  • Publication number: 20030098154
    Abstract: An apparatus for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030094277
    Abstract: An expansion cone for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Alan Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030094279
    Abstract: A method of selecting tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Lev Ring, Robert Donald Mack, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030094278
    Abstract: An expansion cone for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20030066655
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Publication number: 20030056949
    Abstract: A wellbore casing formed by extruding a tubular liner off of a mandrel. The tubular liner and mandrel are positioned within a new section of a wellbore with the tubular liner in an overlapping relationship with an existing casing. A hardenable fluidic material is injected into the new section of the wellbore below the level of the mandrel and into the annular region between the tubular liner and the new section of the wellbore. The inner and outer regions of the tubular liner are then fluidicly isolated. A non hardenable fluidic material is then injected into a portion of an interior region of the tubular liner to pressurize the portion of the interior region of the tubular liner below the mandrel. The tubular liner is then extruded off of the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack
  • Publication number: 20030024708
    Abstract: A structural support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Lev Ring, Robert Donald Mack, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Publication number: 20020189816
    Abstract: A wellbore casing formed by extruding a tubular liner off of a mandrel. The tubular liner and mandrel are positioned within a new section of a wellbore with the tubular liner in an overlapping relationship with an existing casing. A hardenable fluidic material is injected into the new section of the wellbore below the level of the mandrel and into the annular region between the tubular liner and the new section of the wellbore. The inner and outer regions of the tubular liner are then fluidicly isolated. A non hardenable fluidic material is then injected into a portion of an interior region of the tubular liner to pressurize the portion of the interior region of the tubular liner below the mandrel. The tubular liner is then extruded off of the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack
  • Publication number: 20020148612
    Abstract: One or more subterranean zones are isolated from one or more other subterranean zones using a combination of solid tubulars and perforated tubulars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Kevin Waddell, Lev Ring, David Paul Brisco
  • Publication number: 20020121372
    Abstract: One or more subterranean zones are isolated from one or more other subterranean zones using a combination of solid tubulars and perforated tubulars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin Waddell, David Paul Brisco
  • Publication number: 20020100594
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a wellbore casing. An annular piston is displaced in the axial direction by pressurizing an annular piston chamber. The axial displacement of the piston radially expands a tubular member into contact with a preexisting tubular member. The radially expanded liner hanger is then decoupled from the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Shell Oil Co.
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock