Patents by Inventor Thorarinn KRISTJANSSON

Thorarinn KRISTJANSSON 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).

  • System and method for using subterranean biological reactors
    Patent number: 11939248
    Abstract: A system and method using a subterranean biological reactor can include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. The system may include at least one wellbore containing a subterranean biological reactor configured to receive the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. At least a portion of the subterranean biological reactor may be configured to perform anaerobic digestion upon the effluent to generate a biogas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Dean Michael Willberg, Andrew Pomerantz, Thorarinn Kristjansson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGICAL REACTORS
    Publication number: 20230265001
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system and method using a subterranean biological reactor. Embodiments may include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. The system may include at least one wellbore containing a subterranean biological reactor configured to receive the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. At least a portion of the subterranean biological reactor may be configured to perform anaerobic digestion upon the effluent to generate a biogas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Dean Michael Willberg, Andrew Pomerantz, Thorarinn Kristjansson
  • System and method for using subterranean biological reactors
    Patent number: 11623886
    Abstract: A system and method using a subterranean biological reactor can include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. The system may include at least one wellbore containing a subterranean biological reactor configured to receive the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. At least a portion of the subterranean biological reactor may be configured to perform anaerobic digestion upon the effluent to generate a biogas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean Michael Willberg, Andrew Pomerantz, Thorarinn Kristjansson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SUBTERRANEAN BIOLOGICAL REACTORS
    Publication number: 20210122656
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a system and method using a subterranean biological reactor. Embodiments may include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. The system may include at least one wellbore containing a subterranean biological reactor configured to receive the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit. At least a portion of the subterranean biological reactor may be configured to perform anaerobic digestion upon the effluent to generate a biogas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Dean Michael WILLBERG, Andrew POMERANTZ, Thorarinn KRISTJANSSON