Patents by Inventor Bernt Eikemo

Bernt Eikemo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9038732
    Abstract: A method and a device for enabling the use of riserless drilling fluid recovery from a seabed-based borehole (1) which is to be drilled by means of a casing (26), the casing (26) being provided with a drill bit (28) at its lower portion and with an inner wellhead (30) at its upper portion, and there being a conductor casing (6), which has an outer wellhead (8), in the seabed (2), the method including: —providing a suction module (12) with a dividable adapter (16) which fits complementarily in the outer wellhead (8); —drilling a length of the borehole (1) by means of the casing (26) extending through the suction module (12), while, at the same time, drilling fluid is flowing via the suction module (12) from the borehole (1); —subsequently pulling the adapter (16) up from the outer wellhead (8) and dividing the adapter (16); and—lowering the casing (26) with the inner wellhead (30) through the suction module (12) and the adapter (16) to its position in the outer wellhead (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: AGR SUBSEA AS
    Inventor: Bernt Eikemo
  • Patent number: 8967292
    Abstract: A method and device for establishing a borehole (26) in the seabed (4), comprising setting of a conductor (1), wherein the method is characterized in that it comprises:—providing the conductor (1) with a suction module (6);—then lowering the conductor (1) down to the seabed (4); and—displacing the conductor (1) down into the seabed (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AGR Subsea AS
    Inventors: Jon Arne Hammersmark, Bernt Eikemo
  • Publication number: 20140305657
    Abstract: A method and a device for enabling the use of riserless drilling fluid recovery from a seabed-based borehole (1) which is to be drilled by means of a casing (26), the casing (26) being provided with a drill bit (28) at its lower portion and with an inner wellhead (30) at its upper portion, and there being a conductor casing (6), which has an outer wellhead (8), in the seabed (2), the method including:—providing a suction module (12) with a dividable adapter (16) which fits complementarily in the outer wellhead (8);—drilling a length of the borehole (1) by means of the casing (26) extending through the suction module (12), while, at the same time, drilling fluid is flowing via the suction module (12) from the borehole (1);—subsequently pulling the adapter (16) up from the outer wellhead (8) and dividing the adapter (16); and—lowering the casing (26) with the inner wellhead (30) through the suction module (12) and the adapter (16) to its position in the outer wellhead (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: AGR SUBSEA AS
    Inventor: Bernt Eikemo
  • Publication number: 20130256030
    Abstract: A method and device for establishing a borehole (26) in the seabed (4), comprising setting of a conductor (1), wherein the method is characterized in that it comprises:—providing the conductor (1) with a suction module (6);—then lowering the conductor (1) down to the seabed (4); and—displacing the conductor (1) down into the seabed (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jon Arne Hammersmark, Bernt Eikemo