Patents by Inventor Matthew H. WIGGINS

Matthew H. WIGGINS 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).

  • FORMING A SUBSEA WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20170175466
    Abstract: A riserless subsea drilling system includes a tubular drilling string including a drilling bit; a rotating control device including a seal sealed to the drilling string; and a drilling fluid circuit that circulates drilling fluid from a supply line, through an annulus exterior the drilling string and below the rotating control device, through the drilling bit at a downhole end of the drilling string, and through the drilling string toward an uphole end of the drilling string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Ron J. Dirksen, Derrick Winston Lewis, Isabel Cristina Letzky, Matthew H. Wiggins
  • Remote operation of a rotating control device bearing clamp
    Patent number: 8739863
    Abstract: An RCD can include a housing assembly containing a bearing assembly and a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents displacement of the housing assembly relative to the body. A method of remotely operating a clamp device can include rotating a threaded member which is secured relative to an RCD body, and displacing a clamp section in response to the threaded member rotation, thereby selectively securing and releasing a bearing assembly and an annular seal relative to the body. Another RCD can include a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents access to an interior of the body, the clamp device including a motor which rotates a threaded member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Charles Linde, Fredrick D. Curtis, Derrick W. Lewis, Joseph Michael Karigan, Mike Harvey, Neal G. Skinner, Matthew H. Wiggins, Patrick Looper
  • REMOTE OPERATION OF A ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE BEARING CLAMP
    Publication number: 20120125636
    Abstract: An RCD can include a housing assembly containing a bearing assembly and a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents displacement of the housing assembly relative to the body. A method of remotely operating a clamp device can include rotating a threaded member which is secured relative to an RCD body, and displacing a clamp section in response to the threaded member rotation, thereby selectively securing and releasing a bearing assembly and an annular seal relative to the body. Another RCD can include a rotating seal which seals an annulus between a tubular string and a body of the RCD, and a remotely operable clamp device which selectively permits and prevents access to an interior of the body, the clamp device including a motor which rotates a threaded member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Leonard Charles LINDE, Fredrick D. CURTIS, Derrick W. LEWIS, Joseph Michael KARIGAN, Mike HARVEY, Neal G. SKINNER, Matthew H. WIGGINS, Patrick LOOPER