Patents by Inventor Wayne J. Mabry

Wayne J. Mabry 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).

  • Publication number: 20190003289
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a production riser (1), an eductor (2), a motive fluid line (3), a suction line (4), and a mixed fluid line (5). The production riser may extend into a wellbore and be configured to convey production fluid from the wellbore to a wellhead (7). The eductor (2) may be configured to mix a slip stream (9) of the production fluid (6) with high-pressure motive fluid (12), providing a mixed fluid (9). The motive fluid line may extend into the wellbore from a compressor to the eductor and be configured to provide the high-pressure motive fluid to the eductor. The suction line may be configured to provide the slip stream from the production riser to the eductor. The mixed fluid line may be configured to convey the mixed fluid from the eductor to the production riser. A method and system may employ such an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher Kemspon SHAW, Wayne J MABRY
  • Publication number: 20170198549
    Abstract: A dummy valve comprising a housing and a rupture disc disposed within the housing, wherein the housing and the rupture disc define a first internal chamber and associated systems and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Terry FREEMAN, Wayne J. MABRY, Edward Eugene SHUMILAK, Kenneth Frank TYLER
  • Publication number: 20140352982
    Abstract: A gas lift barrier valve mandrel assembly includes a longitudinally extending tubular member that defines a production conduit and has a central longitudinal axis. A side pocket mandrel has a first pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a first central axis. The side pocket mandrel has a second pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a second central axis. The central axis of the production conduit, first axis and second axis are non-coaxial and are parallel to one another. A passage fluidly connects an outside of the mandrel to an inside of the production conduit and is intersected by the first and second pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Thomas M. White, Wayne J. Mabry, Jason Michael Kamphaus, Tyson R. Messick, Eric Lovie, Kenneth C. Burnett
  • Patent number: 8881825
    Abstract: A gas lift barrier valve mandrel assembly includes a longitudinally extending tubular member that defines a production conduit and has a central longitudinal axis. A side pocket mandrel has a first pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a first central axis. The side pocket mandrel has a second pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a second central axis. The central axis of the production conduit, first axis and second axis are non-coaxial and are parallel to one another. A first passage fluidly connects an outside of the mandrel to an inside of the first pocket. A second passage fluidly connects the inside of the first pocket to an inside of the second pocket. A third passage fluidly connects the inside of the second pocket to the production conduit. A fourth passage connects the first pocket to the production conduit and allows insertion of a gas lift barrier into the first pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. White, Wayne J. Mabry, Jason Kamphaus, Tyson Messick, Eric Lovie, Kenneth C. Burnett, III
  • Publication number: 20110315401
    Abstract: A gas lift barrier valve mandrel assembly includes a longitudinally extending tubular member that defines a production conduit and has a central longitudinal axis. A side pocket mandrel has a first pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a first central axis. The side pocket mandrel has a second pocket for accepting a gas lift barrier valve and has a second central axis. The central axis of the production conduit, first axis and second axis are non-coaxial and are parallel to one another. A first passage fluidly connects an outside of the mandrel to an inside of the first pocket. A second passage fluidly connects the inside of the first pocket to an inside of the second pocket. A third passage fluidly connects the inside of the second pocket to the production conduit. A fourth passage connects the first pocket to the production conduit and allows insertion of a gas lift barrier into the first pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas M. White, Wayne J. Mabry, Jason Kamphaus, Tyson Messick, Eric Lovie, Kenneth C. Burnett, III