Patents by Inventor Roy B. Shilling, III

Roy B. Shilling, III 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: 10865608
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Roy B. Shilling, III, Charles N. White, Howard Day
  • Publication number: 20200040671
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: ROY B. SHILLING, III, CHARLES N. WHITE, HOWARD DAY
  • Patent number: 10428599
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Roy B. Shilling, III, Charles N. White, Howard Day
  • Publication number: 20190257160
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: ROY B. SHILLING, III, CHARLES N. WHITE, HOWARD DAY
  • Patent number: 9976364
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Roy B. Shilling, III, Charles N. White, Howard W.F. Day
  • Publication number: 20180066481
    Abstract: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Frontier Deepwater Appraisal Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Roy B. Shilling, III, Charles N. White, Howard W.F. Day