Patents by Inventor Matthew Anthony Couchot

Matthew Anthony Couchot 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).

  • Hydrocarbon well completion system and method of completing a hydrocarbon well
    Patent number: 8789621
    Abstract: The present apparatus and method of use allows a blow out preventer to be installed as a unit with a section of casing, and does not require the blow out preventer to be removed as subsequent strings of casing are installed, thus efficiently utilizing drilling rig time. The present invention further allows a casing string to be landed and cemented in place, and then the drilling rig may move off the location, without a permanent wellhead housing attached to the well. The primary apparatus utilized in the invention is a tubular connector which suspends a string of casing during cementing, and which receives a casing plug for sealing the well when drilling operations have been completed. When completion operations commence, a permanent wellhead housing is attached to the tubular connector utilizing a unique metal to metal seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Cameron West Coast Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, II, Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, III, Brent Phillip Shanley, Matthew Anthony Couchot
  • Hydrocarbon Well Completion System and Method of Completing a Hydrocarbon Well
    Publication number: 20140034392
    Abstract: The present apparatus and method of use allows a blow out preventer to be installed as a unit with a section of casing, and does not require the blow out preventer to be removed as subsequent strings of casing are installed, thus efficiently utilizing drilling rig time. The present invention further allows a casing string to be landed and cemented in place, and then the drilling rig may move off the location, without a permanent wellhead housing attached to the well. The primary apparatus utilized in the invention is a tubular connector which suspends a string of casing during cementing, and which receives a casing plug for sealing the well when drilling operations have been completed. When completion operations commence, a permanent wellhead housing is attached to the tubular connector utilizing a unique metal to metal seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: CAMERON WEST COAST INC.
    Inventors: Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, II, Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, III, Brent Phillip Shanley, Matthew Anthony Couchot
  • Hydrocarbon well completion system and method of completing a hydrocarbon well
    Patent number: 8573328
    Abstract: The present apparatus and method of use allows a blow out preventer to be installed as a unit with a section of casing, and does not require the blow out preventer to be removed as subsequent strings of casing are installed, thus efficiently utilizing drilling rig time. The present invention further allows a casing string to be landed and cemented in place, and then the drilling rig may move off the location, without a permanent wellhead housing attached to the well. The primary apparatus utilized in the invention is a tubular connector which suspends a string of casing during cementing, and which receives a casing plug for sealing the well when drilling operations have been completed. When completion operations commence, a permanent wellhead housing is attached to the tubular connector utilizing a unique metal to metal seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cameron West Coast Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, II, Edward Leonardo Ganzinotti, III, Brent Phillip Shanley, Matthew Anthony Couchot