Patents by Inventor Gaute Grindhaug
Gaute Grindhaug 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).
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Patent number: 11702888Abstract: A method of performing a well bore operation in a well bore includes connecting a window mill to a whipstock connector forming a tubular section, supporting a tool below the whipstock connector, running the window mill, the whipstock connector, and the tool into the well bore, and axially loading the tool to perform the well bore operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Philip M. Gregurek, Kevin Edgar Harrington, Gregory Hern, Jason Cullum, Valerie Ferdin, Gaute Grindhaug, Morten Eidem, Jonathan Cotten
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Patent number: 11428054Abstract: A tubular for use in the creation or completion of, or production from, an oil and/or gas well. The tubular comprises; an elongate main body; a stab-in connector element located at an end of the main body; and a rotatable connection sleeve disposed coaxially around a first end portion of the main body at or near said end of the main body. The connection sleeve is configured to provide a mechanical coupling between the tubular and another tubular without requiring rotation of the main body, to thereby provide a stab-in connection between the stab-in connector element of the tubular and a complementary stab-in connector element of the other tubular for electrical power and/or data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Gaute Grindhaug, Erling Grindhaug, Morten Eidem
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Patent number: 11421496Abstract: A window cutting system includes a whipstock connector including an inner surface having at least one projection. A window mill is connected to the whipstock connector. The window mill includes a body having a connector member, a tip portion, a recess formed on an outer surface of the body, an axial passage extending from the connector member toward the tip portion and a radial passage extending outwardly from the axial passage. A pin is arranged in the radial passage and selectively extending into the recess.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Tuan Nguyen, Philip M. Gregurek, Kevin Edgar Harrington, Gregory Hern, Christopher Michalec, Gaute Grindhaug, Morten Eidem
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Publication number: 20220205325Abstract: A tubular for use in the creation or completion of, or production from, an oil and/or gas well. The tubular comprises; an elongate main body; a stab-in connector element located at an end of the main body; and a rotatable connection sleeve disposed coaxially around a first end portion of the main body at or near said end of the main body. The connection sleeve is configured to provide a mechanical coupling between the tubular and another tubular without requiring rotation of the main body, to thereby provide a stab-in connection between the stab-in connector element of the tubular and a complementary stab-in connector element of the other tubular for electrical power and/or data transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Gaute GRINDHAUG, Erling GRINDHAUG, Morten EIDEM
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Patent number: 11236567Abstract: A tool for use in a borehole to perform a milling, under reaming, or other cutting operation includes a tool body configured for rotation about its longitudinal axis, within the borehole, and a set of cutters, the set including two or more cutters which, at least in a deployed configuration, extend outwardly from the tool body and are fixedly coupled together whilst being pivotally coupled to the tool body substantially on said axis so that the cutters rotate with the tool body whilst being pivotable together relative to the tool body during cutting.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug
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Publication number: 20210404324Abstract: An apparatus for determining a location of an inner string in an outer string includes an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner string, and a tagging assembly disposed at a tagging location in the outer string, the outer string configured to be deployed into a borehole in a subterranean region, the inner string configured to be advanced through the outer string. The tagging assembly includes a stop component configured to obstruct axial movement of the inner string through the outer string at the tagging location, the stop component configured to be displaced in response to an axial force applied to the stop component by the inner string, to permit the inner string to advance axially beyond the tagging assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Andreas Peter, Volker Peters, Thorsten Regener, Kjell Magne Gronaas, Frank Johnsen, Gaute Grindhaug, Freddy Seterdal, Rick Frey, Kjetil Holden
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Patent number: 11162315Abstract: A window cutting system includes a window mill having a body including a connector member, a tip portion, and a plurality of blades arranged between the connector member and the tip portion. Each of the plurality of blades supports a plurality of cutting elements. A lug pocket is formed in at least one of the plurality of blades adjacent the plurality of cutting elements. A whipstock connector detachably coupled to the window mill. The whipstock connector including an outer surface and an inner surface, and at least one lug projecting radially inwardly from the inner surface. The at least one lug is selectively received by the lug pocket to connect the whipstock connector to the window mill.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kevin Edgar Harrington, Gregory Hern, Philip M. Gregurek, Jason Cullum, Valerie Ferdin, Gaute Grindhaug, Morten Eidem
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Publication number: 20210317705Abstract: A method of performing a well bore operation in a well bore includes connecting a window mill to a whipstock connector forming a tubular section, supporting a tool below the whipstock connector, running the window mill, the whipstock connector, and the tool into the well bore, and axially loading the tool to perform the well bore operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Philip M. Gregurek, Kevin Edgar Harrington, Gregory Hern, Jason Cullum, Valerie Ferdin, Gaute Grindhaug, Morten Eidem, Jonathan Cotten
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Publication number: 20210301615Abstract: A window cutting system includes a window mill having a body including a connector member, a tip portion, and a plurality of blades arranged between the connector member and the tip portion. Each of the plurality of blades supports a plurality of cutting elements. A lug pocket is formed in at least one of the plurality of blades adjacent the plurality of cutting elements. A whipstock connector detachably coupled to the window mill. The whipstock connector including an outer surface and an inner surface, and at least one lug projecting radially inwardly from the inner surface. The at least one lug is selectively received by the lug pocket to connect the whipstock connector to the window mill.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2020Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Kevin Edgar Harrington, Gregory Hern, Philip M. Gregurek, Jason Cullum, Valerie Ferdin, Gaute Grindhaug, Morten Eidem
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Publication number: 20210079747Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for axially anchoring a tool downhole in a well casing, the apparatus comprising: an anchor configured to be disposed in, and actuatably and rotatably engaged with, the casing; and a rotatable tool being configured to be disposed within the casing; whereby the anchor, when rotatably engaged with the casing, prevents movement of the rotatable tool in the axial direction A whilst allowing for rotation of the tool about the axial direction. A corresponding method of anchoring a tool downhole is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Gaute Grindhaug, Bjørn Torstein Bruun
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Publication number: 20200217158Abstract: A tool for use in a borehole to perform a milling, under reaming, or other cutting operation includes a tool body configured for rotation about its longitudinal axis, within the borehole, and a set of cutters, the set including two or more cutters which, at least in a deployed configuration, extend outwardly from the tool body and are fixedly coupled together whilst being pivotally coupled to the tool body substantially on said axis so that the cutters rotate with the tool body whilst being pivotable together relative to the tool body during cutting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Morten EIDEM, Gaute GRINDHAUG
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Patent number: 9963942Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM ASInventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi
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Publication number: 20170074055Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: Statoil Petroleum ASInventors: Morten EIDEM, Tore WELTZIN, Gaute GRINDHAUG, Jafar ABDOLLAHI
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Patent number: 9534456Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM ASInventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi
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Patent number: 9004195Abstract: A method of forming a wellbore is disclosed. An inner string and an outer string are conveyed downhole. The inner string is attached to the outer string at a first location and the wellbore is formed. The inner stringy is attached to the outer string at a second location us hole of the first location and an annulus between the outer string and the wellbore is cemented without retrieving the inner string from the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Thorsten Regener, Ingo Roders, Carl C. Clemmensen, Sascha Schwartze, Trond R. Skar, Tore Sorheim, Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug
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Publication number: 20140054036Abstract: A method of forming a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment includes conveying an inner string and an outer string downhole; attaching the inner string to the outer string at a first location and forming the wellbore; and attaching the inner string to the outer string at a second location uphole of the first location and cementing an annulus between the outer string and the wellbore, without retrieving the inner string from the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Thorsten Regener, Ingo Roders, Carl C. Clemmensen, Sascha Schwartze, Trond R. Skar, Tore Sorheim, Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug
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Publication number: 20130292183Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: November 7, 2013Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM ASInventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi