Patents by Inventor Rolf Nordaunet

Rolf Nordaunet 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: 8955594
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly having a tubing hanger set in a tubing hanger spool and a ring with axial passages set in an upper end of the tubing hanger. The wellhead assembly includes a production tree that lands on the tubing hanger spool. Tubing extends from the axial passages in the ring through axial bores provided in a sidewall of the tubing hanger. When landed, a lower end of the production tree engages an upper surface of the ring causing the ring to rotate and align its axial passages with axial passages in the production tree. The respective lower and upper surfaces of the tree and ring are strategically castellated to orient the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bell, Rolf Nordaunet, Staale Svindland
  • Patent number: 6698520
    Abstract: A subsea well apparatus has features for controlling and monitoring production fluid flow from a well. A christmas tree lands on a subsea wellhead, the tree having a tubular, open upper end. A first flow passage extends from a lower end of the tree to the upper end for communicating fluid with the well. A second flow passage extends downward from the upper end of the tree and has an outlet on a sidewall of the tree for communicating with a flowline. A production module lands on and is retrievable from the upper end of the tree, the module having a flow loop with one end in communication with the first flow passage and another end in communication with the second flow passage. At least one flow interface device is located in the loop of the production module. The flow interface device may be used to monitor or control the flow and may be a temperature or pressure sensor, a flow or multi-phase flow meter, or a choke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: ABB Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, John H. Osborne, Rolf Nordaunet
  • Publication number: 20030042025
    Abstract: A subsea well apparatus has features for controlling and monitoring production fluid flow from a well. A christmas tree lands on a subsea wellhead, the tree having a tubular, open upper end. A first flow passage extends from a lower end of the tree to the upper end for communicating fluid with the well. A second flow passage extends downward from the upper end of the tree and has an outlet on a sidewall of the tree for communicating with a flowline. A production module lands on and is retrievable from the upper end of the tree, the module having a flow loop with one end in communication with the first flow passage and another end in communication with the second flow passage. At least one flow interface device is located in the loop of the production module. The flow interface device may be used to monitor or control the flow and may be a temperature or pressure sensor, a flow or multi-phase flow meter, or a choke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, John H. Osborne, Rolf Nordaunet
  • Patent number: 6460621
    Abstract: A subsea well apparatus has features for controlling and monitoring production fluid flow from a well. A Christmas tree lands on a subsea wellhead, the tree having a tubular, open upper end. A first flow passage extends from a lower end of the tree to the upper end for communicating fluid with the well. A second flow passage extends downward from the upper end of the tree and has an outlet on a sidewall of the tree for communicating with a flowline. A production module lands on and is retrievable from the upper end of the tree, the module having a flow loop with one end in communication with the first flow passage and another end in communication with the second flow passage. At least one flow interface device is located in the loop of the production module. The flow interface device may be used to monitor or control the flow and may be a temperature or pressure sensor, a flow or multi-phase flow meter, or a choke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: ABB Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, John H. Osborne, Rolf Nordaunet
  • Publication number: 20020070026
    Abstract: A subsea well apparatus has features for controlling and monitoring production fluid flow from a well. A Christmas tree lands on a subsea wellhead, the tree having a tubular, open upper end. A first flow passage extends from a lower end of the tree to the upper end for communicating fluid with the well. A second flow passage extends downward from the upper end of the tree and has an outlet on a sidewall of the tree for communicating with a flowline. A production module lands on and is retrievable from the upper end of the tree, the module having a flow loop with one end in communication with the first flow passage and another end in communication with the second flow passage. At least one flow interface device is located in the loop of the production module. The flow interface device may be used to monitor or control the flow and may be a temperature or pressure sensor, a flow or multi-phase flow meter, or a choke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2000
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, John H. Osborne, Rolf Nordaunet