Patents by Inventor Tore Weltzin

Tore Weltzin 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: 10145237
    Abstract: The apparatus for evaluating a wellbore while drilling includes a logging toolheld on a drill string and is adapted to obtain data from the wellbore while moving the drill string including the logging tool uphole and out of the wellbore. The logging tool includes a memory for storing obtained data and an on-board power supply battery. A computer being positioned at a surface level of the wellbore is adapted to obtain the data from the memory when the logging tool is also positioned at the surface level. The logging tool is adapted to perform a minimum power-consuming sleep mode with a data obtaining and storing function being disabled and the computer is adapted to transmit a wake-up signal downhole to enable the data obtaining and storing function of the logging tool just prior to tripping out the drill string from the wellbore. The wake-up signal preferably is a mud pulse signal sent through the drilling fluid used when drilling the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: STATOIL PERTOLEUM AS
    Inventors: Mohammad Jahangir, Tore Weltzin
  • Patent number: 9963942
    Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi
  • Publication number: 20170074055
    Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Statoil Petroleum AS
    Inventors: Morten EIDEM, Tore WELTZIN, Gaute GRINDHAUG, Jafar ABDOLLAHI
  • Patent number: 9534456
    Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi
  • Publication number: 20130292183
    Abstract: A centralizer includes a centralizer body to be situated at the outer surface of a pipe string in the form of casing, liner, or the like used while drilling, the centralizer body being formed with a plurality of outer centralizer blades arranged in an inclined manner to the longitudinal axis thereof, wherein the centralizer body has an separate split inner tube secured to the pipe string by means of a press fit, and low friction inner surface of the centralizer body and separate center tube facing each other are made from low friction material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Morten Eidem, Tore Weltzin, Gaute Grindhaug, Jafar Abdollahi
  • Publication number: 20120080184
    Abstract: The apparatus for evaluating a wellbore while drilling includes a logging toolheld on a drill string and is adapted to obtain data from the wellbore while moving the drill string including the logging tool uphole and out of the wellbore. The logging tool includes a memory for storing obtained data and an on-board power supply battery. A computer being positioned at a surface level of the wellbore is adapted to obtain the data from the memory when the logging tool is also positioned at the surface level. The logging tool is adapted to perform a minimum power-consuming sleep mode with a data obtaining and storing function being disabled and the computer is adapted to transmit a wake-up signal downhole to enable the data obtaining and storing function of the logging tool just prior to tripping out the drill string from the wellbore. The wake-up signal preferably is a mud pulse signal sent through the drilling fluid used when drilling the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: STATOIL ASA
    Inventors: Mohammad Jahangir, Tore Weltzin