Patents by Inventor Kjell Bjørnar Størksen

Kjell Bjørnar Størksen 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: 8842297
    Abstract: A method is provided for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of a pipeline at least partly filled with a medium including hydrocarbons, the medium being for instance oil or natural gas, wherein the method includes: projecting infrared light onto the inner wall of the pipeline along a line corresponding to the intersection between the inner wall of the pipeline and a cross-sectional plane of the pipeline; registering an image of the infrared light projected on the inner wall of the pipeline; and determining the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of the pipeline based on the registered image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Statoil Petroleum AS
    Inventors: Kjell Bjørnar Størksen, Rainer Hoffmann, Lene Amundsen
  • Publication number: 20130195558
    Abstract: A method and device for stabilizing a conductor (4) in a submerged conductor guide (6) on an offshore installation (8) where an annulus (2) is present between the conductor (4) and the conductor guide (6), wherein the method includes:—establishing any misalignment between the conductor (4) and the conductor guide (6);—producing a support body (1) that is adapted to said misalignment and where the support body (1) is designed to fill a sector of the annulus (2); and—moving the support body (1) axially into the annulus (2) between the conductor (4) and the conductor guide (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventor: Kjell Bjørnar Størksen
  • Publication number: 20110235057
    Abstract: A method is provided for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of a pipeline at least partly filled with a medium including hydrocarbons, the medium being for instance oil or natural gas, wherein the method includes: projecting infrared light onto the inner wall of the pipeline along a line corresponding to the intersection between the inner wall of the pipeline and a cross-sectional plane of the pipeline; registering an image of the infrared light projected on the inner wall of the pipeline; and determining the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of the pipeline based on the registered image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Kjell Bjørnar Størksen, Rainer Hoffmann, Lene Amundsen