Patents by Inventor Tore Sorheim

Tore Sorheim 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).

  • Burst port sub with dissolvable barrier
    Patent number: 10767443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to burst port subs (BPS) 120 allowing for a tubing 100 or a liner 200 or a casing 200 in a borehole 300 to be opened at a predetermined pressure and further providing a delayed opening sequence due to a dissolvable barrier 400, 500 arranged in a port 440, 540 of the sub 120. The present invention relates further to a downhole system comprising a predetermined number of such burst port subs (BPS) 120.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TRICAN COMPLETION SOLUTIONS LTD
    Inventors: Mike Bellavance, Todd Atkinson, Tore Sørheim
  • Single trip—through drill pipe proppant fracturing method for multiple cemented-in frac sleeves
    Patent number: 10151189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a system (1) and tool(s) (300, 2, 3) for single trip through drill pipe proppant fracturing of subterranean formations (130) surrounding oil and/or gas production wells (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULC
    Inventors: Paul David Busengdal, Tore Sørheim, Tom Rune Koløy, Ståle Granberg, Pål Zon Rafdal, Nicolai Isaak Stubbrud, Jarle Trones
  • BURST PORT SUB WITH DISSOLVABLE BARRIER
    Publication number: 20160208575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to burst port subs (BPS) 120 allowing for a tubing 100 or a liner 200 or a casing 200 in a borehole 300 to be opened at a predetermined pressure and further providing a delayed opening sequence due to a dissolvable barrier 400, 500 arranged in a port 440, 540 of the sub 120. The present invention relates further to a downhole system comprising a predetermined number of such burst port subs (BPS) 120.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Mike BELLAVANCE, Todd ATKINSON, Tore SØRHEIM
  • SINGLE TRIP - THROUGH DRILL PIPE PROPPANT FRACTURING METHOD FOR MULTIPLE CEMENTED-IN FRAC SLEEVES
    Publication number: 20160160608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a system (1) and tool(s) (300, 2, 3) for single trip through drill pipe proppant fracturing of subterranean formations (130) surrounding oil and/or gas production wells (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Paul David BUSENGDAL, Tore SØRHEIM, Tom Rune KOLØY, Ståle GRANBERG, PåL Zon RAFDAL, Nicolai Isaak STUBBRUD, Jarle TRONES
  • Apparatus and method for drilling a wellbore, setting a liner and cementing the wellbore during a single trip
    Patent number: 9004195
    Abstract: A method of forming a wellbore is disclosed. An inner string and an outer string are conveyed downhole. The inner string is attached to the outer string at a first location and the wellbore is formed. The inner stringy is attached to the outer string at a second location us hole of the first location and an annulus between the outer string and the wellbore is cemented without retrieving the inner string from the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Thorsten Regener, Ingo Roders, Carl C. Clemmensen, Sascha Schwartze, Trond R. Skar, Tore Sorheim, Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug
  • Apparatus and Method for Drilling a Wellbore, Setting a Liner and Cementing the Wellbore During a Single Trip
    Publication number: 20140054036
    Abstract: A method of forming a wellbore is provided that in one embodiment includes conveying an inner string and an outer string downhole; attaching the inner string to the outer string at a first location and forming the wellbore; and attaching the inner string to the outer string at a second location uphole of the first location and cementing an annulus between the outer string and the wellbore, without retrieving the inner string from the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thorsten Regener, Ingo Roders, Carl C. Clemmensen, Sascha Schwartze, Trond R. Skar, Tore Sorheim, Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug