Patents Examined by Jonathan Malikasim
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Patent number: 11448016Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing friction between a casing string and a bore of a subterranean well when moving the casing string within the bore of a subterranean well include a roller bearing assembly. The roller bearing assembly has a bearing body and a plurality of spherical bearings spaced around an outer diameter of the bearing body. The bearing body is secured in line with the casing string.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Abdulaziz Al-Qasim, Mohammed Al-Arfaj, Mohammad Saud Al-Badran, Sunil Kokal
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Patent number: 11448028Abstract: Tools and methods are described for removing a packer beyond a restriction in a casing of a wellbore. A packer milling tool includes: a milling body with an outer diameter; milling blocks positioned at intervals around a circumference of the milling body, each milling block pivotably attached to the milling body and pivotable between a running position and a milling position; and a wash pipe extending from a downhole end of the milling body. The milling blocks have a rotational circumference with a rotational diameter that is less than the outer diameter of the milling body when in the running position and the rotational diameter is more than the outer diameter of the milling body and less than the inner diameter of the casing when in the milling position.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Enrique Avila Faull, Ahmed A. Al-Ramadhan
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Patent number: 11441417Abstract: Provided herein is a motor or mud lubricated motor for use with horizontal directional drilling equipment as part of a trenchless drilling system. The motor has a hollow body with proximal and distal open ends and a compartment recessed into a top surface thereof between the proximal open end and the distal open end. A sonde housing with a removable cap secured to the housing is disposed within the compartment and contains a sonde transmitter and a battery operably connected to the sonde transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: Quality Drilling Technology, LLC, Horizontal Drilling Technologies Inc.Inventors: James Ward, Shu Wang, Li Li, Clemente Lopez Arias, Yan Wang, Robert Folkins
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Patent number: 11441374Abstract: A disposable setting tool includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a passage. A piston assembly is arranged in the passage. The piston assembly including a first piston portion and a second piston portion that extends axially outwardly of the second end of the housing. The first piston portion includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate section having an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion that extends between the first end portion and the second end portion. The inner surface portion defines a pressure passage. An atmospheric chamber is defined between the inner surface of the housing and the outer surface portion of the piston assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: YingQing Xu, Gregory Hern, Juan Carlos Flores Perez
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Patent number: 11441383Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of an Annular Pressure Control Diverter designed to be positioned below the conventional blowout preventer stack, and which will be activated during near balanced drilling operations to seal the annulus between the drill pipe and the production casing. Returned drilling fluid and produced fluids are diverted up the annulus between the production casing and intermediate casing and through a well head located below an all-inclusive BOP stack. The Annular Pressure Control Diverter does not rotate, and some embodiments have an elliptical internal cavity which ensures that the elliptical seals cannot rotate. Doors are provided on each side of the Annular Pressure Control Diverter to permit changing of the seal elements. Door locking mechanisms are provided for operator safety.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Hughes Tool Company LLCInventor: William James Hughes
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Patent number: 11428259Abstract: A shear coupling can be used with reciprocating and rotary pumps. The shear coupling uses a shear nut and connecting member as the shear element. The connecting member and shear nut are located inside the axial bore of the shear coupling to protect from corrosive wellbore elements. The coupling members may be connected by matching polygonal shaft and hub profiles on the coupling members to transmit torque. The shaft and hub may have octagonal profiles for better torque transmission capacity. The shear nut may be isolated from large alternating stresses due to pretensioning of the connecting member. The length of the connecting member, especially when pretensioned, and a reduced cross-section that may be formed on the outer surface of the shear coupling increase the overall flexibility of the shear coupling, thereby increasing the resistance to bending stress.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Plainsman Mfg. Inc.Inventors: Tyler J. Dyck, Shane T. Mcassey, Mark A. Lea-Wilson
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Patent number: 11428063Abstract: The described pack-off assembly includes a tubular sleeve that is configured to selectively encompass a pack-off wireline seal and that is positionable through selective application of pressurized fluid to one or more actuation chambers that interact with a piston portion of the sleeve. Pressure may be applied to position the sleeve to encompass the seal to engage a wireline and enable pressure-control wireline operations. A different pressure may be applied to position the sleeve to expose the seal for servicing.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Lee Specialties Inc.Inventor: Daine Strankman
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Patent number: 11421514Abstract: Embodiments may take the form of a perforating gun of modular assembly. The perforating gun may include at least one centralizing member at an interface between a loading tube and a carrier. Among modular components, the gun may also include an initiator assembly module that is electrically coupled to a modular feedthrough with a connector. The insert and the centralizing member may enhance axial cohesiveness of the modular gun. A shock absorbing mount may be located within the carrier and may receiving the initiator assembly module to provide added axial cohesiveness to the modular gun.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Edward Harrigan, Hao Liu, Vinod Chakka, Richard Warns, Pedro Hernandez, Raphael Rogman, Allan Goldberg
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Patent number: 11421529Abstract: A system and method to control fluid flow to downhole tools and equipment, and to allow formation testing and sampling operations is disclosed. The system includes an actuator assembly that may be mechanically or electrically activated to operate a flow diverter assembly. The flow diverter assembly may divert fluid flow to the annulus of the wellbore, to the stator of a power section, through a by-pass bore in a rotor of the power section, or any combination thereof. In the mechanically actuated actuator assembly, the actuator assembly is activated by pressure changes in the fluid introduced by cycling the pumps at the surface; and in the electrically actuated actuator assembly, the actuator assembly is activated by downlinks sent from a surface control unit or computer at the surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thiago S. Magalhaes, Kennedy J. Kirkhope
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Patent number: 11414966Abstract: A lift gas treatment system and method for treating lift gas by a high-pressure separation of heavy hydrocarbons and water from the gas stream to be used as lift gas. The system and method first remove water from the lift gas in a first separator. The lift gas is then cooled in a pair of heat exchangers. A second separator separates natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the lift gas. The NGLs are passed through a valve to reduce the temperature and passed to the second heat exchanger. The lift gas is passed through the first heat exchanger to raise the temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: MONEYHUN EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE CO., INC.Inventors: David Moneyhun, Bernie Claydon, Evan Visser
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Patent number: 11414941Abstract: A lock mandrel is described herein. The lock mandrel includes an upper connector and a lower connector. The upper connector includes locking keys configured to attach the lock mandrel to a landing nipple on a tubing within a hydrocarbon well. The upper connector also includes a spring-loaded locking collar configured to prevent the locking keys from disengaging from the landing nipple by pressing radially against the locking keys from the inside when in a seated position, and allow the locking keys to disengage from the landing nipple by retracting away from the locking keys when in an unseated position. The lower connector includes a tool adaptor configured to attach a downhole tool to the lock mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Michael C. Romer, Santos Ortiz, George King
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Patent number: 11408249Abstract: An assembly having a coupling component and a poppet is disclosed. The coupling component has a first end. The first end has an opening extending into the coupling component, such that the coupling component has a sidewall extending around and defining the opening, the sidewall at least partially constructed of a ductile material. The poppet is positioned within the opening. The poppet has a first end outside of the opening, a second end within the opening, and an outer surface extending between the first end and the second end. The poppet has a recess positioned between the first end and the second end, the recess being defined by at least one sidewall and a bottom. At least a portion of the ductile material of the sidewall is positioned within the recess to secure the poppet into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Bench Tree Group, LLCInventor: Pedro R. Segura
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Patent number: 11408233Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly (1) for forming a mast for guiding a drill drive in an HDD machine. The assembly comprises a mast body (10) with a generally U-shaped cross-section, a mast cover with a recessed surface (21), a set of two or more racks (30), first connecting means (24) for connecting the racks releasably to the mast cover and second connecting means (44) for connecting the racks releasably to the mast body. The racks together with the mast body and the mast cover in assembled state form a mast with a substantially closed contour.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Javelin Consultancy and Investment LimitedInventor: Hette Knijpstra
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Patent number: 11408783Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to a sensor for a downhole tool. The downhole tool can include a collar and a sensor. The sensor can be secured to the collar for measuring one or more operational characteristics of the downhole tool during operation of the downhole tool. The sensor can include a substrate. The sensor can also include a plurality of strain gauges disposed on the substrate. The plurality of strain gauges can be configured to measure axial strains and torsional strains on the collar for measuring the one or more operational characteristics of the downhole tool.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Svetozar D. Simeonov, Pralay K. Das, Maxim Nikolayevich Yushko, Michael Dewayne Finke
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Patent number: 11408257Abstract: A method to provide support within a wellbore includes underreaming a section of the wellbore at a depth spanning a layer of an unstable formation. The method also includes deploying a bistable structure within the wellbore at the depth of the layer of the unstable formation. Additionally, the method includes actuating an expandable packer within the bistable structure to expand the bistable structure in a radially outward direction from a longitudinal axis of the bistable structure. The bistable structure is in contact with walls of the underreamed section of the wellbore upon expanding in the radially outward direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Peter Besselink, Wilfried Van Moorleghem, Stephen Michael Greci
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Patent number: 11408246Abstract: An expansion system is capable of expanding a tubular that has no shoe or plug. The tubular is expanded by a cone coupled to a mandrel, which is energized by a jack actuator to effect a plurality of strokes. The jack actuator is supported by a support member. The jack actuator releasably engages and locks to an operational pipe at predetermined length intervals corresponding to the length of each actuator stroke. The actuator jack is reset and moved to a new locking location between strokes. The operational pipe holds the expandable tubular in place during expansion. After expansion, the cone, mandrel, actuator jack, and operational pipe are free of the expandable tubular and can be pulled out of the wellbore. The expansion system can be used for applications of patches having a small size in wellbores where milling debris may be detrimental.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventor: Eric Connor
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Patent number: 11408258Abstract: A firing head assembly is described. The firing head assembly includes a tubular housing, upper piston and lower pistons, and a compressible member arranged within a lumen of the tubular housing and positioned between the upper and lower pistons. According to an aspect, the assembly includes a safety assembly that includes a sleeve having a zigzag shaped slot therein. The safety assembly may include a key that radially extends from a surface of one of the pistons, through the zigzag shaped slot. The distance between the upper and lower pistons may be adjusted by adjusting a pressure inside the tubular housing and a second pressure outside the tubular housing. The upper and lower pistons may function to operatively adjust the arrangement of the key within the zigzag shaped slot to activate the firing head assembly to either trigger an explosive reaction or to not trigger the explosive reaction.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: DynaEnergetics Europe GmbHInventors: Frank Haron Preiss, Eric Mulhern
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Patent number: 11408250Abstract: A downhole, interventionless system and method of controlling fluid flow from a tubular string into isolated zones of a wellbore annulus utilizing fluidic devices having different flow restriction characteristics. In an embodiment, the system includes multiple fluidic devices positioned on a work string in fluidically isolated zones of a wellbore. Each fluidic device is configured with a different flow restriction characteristic that results in a different flow rate response when a working fluid having a particular initial fluidic property is introduced into the fluidic devices. By altering the initial fluidic property of the working fluid, the flow rate from the work string into the corresponding isolated zone may be adjusted and optimally controlled without the need for additional manipulation of the fluidic devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Maxime P M Coffin
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Extendible whipstock, and method for increasing the bend radius of a hydraulic jetting hose downhole
Patent number: 11408229Abstract: An apparatus and downhole method for dynamically establishing in situ an arcuate path of up to 90° or more for a jetting hose or other flexible conduit for forming a lateral bore. The apparatus includes a whipstock comprised of one or more arcuate, telescoping segments which enable the operator to avoid the friction pressure and HHP restrictions of smaller diameter hoses, imposed due to the minimum bend radius restrictions encountered when forming the bend radius solely inside the casing of a wellbore. The apparatus can also be used with a Custom Ported Casing Collar. The hose bending path is established immediately behind the jetting nozzle as the lateral borehole is excavated. Upon retrieval of the flexible conduit and excavation device, the arced extension retracts back into the whipstock body, so as not to impede the whipstock's reorientation and/or depth relocation for forming the next mini-lateral.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: COILED TUBING SPECIALTIES, LLCInventors: Bruce L. Randall, Bradford G. Randall -
Patent number: 11408232Abstract: A skid assembly includes a base assembly and a slide assembly, each having a first end and a second end, wherein: the slide assembly comprises a first support station toward the first end and a second support station toward the second; each support station is configured to support a separate component of a BOP assembly; and the slide assembly is movable between a retracted position in which the first and second ends of the slide assembly overlie the first and second ends, respectively, of the base assembly, and an extended position in which the first end of the slide assembly extends beyond the first end of the base assembly to position the first support station, with the BOP assembly assembled thereon, directly over a well head located within a cellar at a well site with the base assembly supported atop a ground surface adjacent to an edge of the cellar.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventors: Jason A Hatfield, James R Poulson
