Patents by Inventor Einar Stølen

Einar Stølen 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: 6714153
    Abstract: The invention is a well radar for detecting, by electromagnetic wave reflection, resistivity horizons in production zones in oil wells. Transmitter and receiver antennas are combined in a tubing string antenna module. Two dipole transmitter antenna are positioned in a first position on either side of the tubing string antenna module. A first directionally sensitive group of four dipole receiver antennas is positioned in a second positioned so that the receiver antennas have even angular separation. Likewise, a second directionally sensitive group of four dipole receiver antennas is positioned in a third position opposite the first directionally sensitive group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignees: Den Norske Stats Oljeselskap A.S., Kongsberg Offshore A.S., Norges Geotekniske Institutt
    Inventors: Fan-Nian Kong, Svein Ellingsrud, Vidar Sten-Halvorsen, Einar Stølen, Harald Westerdahl, Terje Eidesmo
  • Patent number: 6412555
    Abstract: System and method for controlling fluid flows in one or more oil and/or gas wells in a geological formation, the wells each comprising a production tube, the formation containing a water-containing volume with a higher water level, comprising: one or more measuring devices, each mounted in relation to a chosen zone of a well for measuring the distance to the water level in the zone, one or more valve devices comprised in the production tubes for regulating the fluid flow from the surrounding formation to the production tube, one or more control units connected to each of the valves for regulating then on the basis of the measured distance or distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Kongsberg Offshore A.S.
    Inventors: Vidar Sten-Halvorsen, Einar Stølen