Patents Assigned to Aker Well Service AS
  • Publication number: 20140262299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for collecting debris in a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AKER WELL SERVICE AS
    Inventor: Bård Martin Tinnen
  • Publication number: 20140238695
    Abstract: A stroker device (1) for use in a borehole (2) in the ground, the stroker (1) at least comprising an actuator (6) arranged for displacing a tool (10) in a longitudinal direction of the borehole (2), and grippers (26) arranged to anchor the stroker (1) to the wall (36) of the borehole (2), alternatively to a pipe wall, wherein the stroker (1) is provided with driving wheels (34) or driving belts for propulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: AKER WELL SERVICE AS
    Inventors: Karl Einar Ferkingstad, Arne Motland, Rune Bjorndal
  • Publication number: 20140150822
    Abstract: A method and a device for cleaning an area (48) located inside a restriction (46) by means of a mechanical cleaning tool (1). The restriction (46) having a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the area (48) to be cleaned. The method includes the steps of moving the cleaning tool (1) into or through the restriction (46); moving a mechanical cleaning body (18) radially out into abutment against the area (48) to be cleaned; rotating the cleaning body (18) relative to the area (48) to be cleaned; moving the mechanical cleaning body (18) radially in from the area (48) which has been cleaned; and moving the cleaning tool (1) out from the restriction (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Espen Osaland
  • Patent number: 8739891
    Abstract: A stroker device for use in a borehole in the ground includes an actuator arranged for displacing a tool in a longitudinal direction of the borehole, and grippers arranged to anchor the stroker to the wall of the borehole, alternatively to a pipe wall, wherein the stroker is provided with driving wheels or driving belts for propulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventors: Karl Einar Ferkingstad, Arne Motland, Rune Bjørndal
  • Patent number: 8572792
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for a pipe, the cleaning tool being moved inside the pipe while rotating in the main about the longitudinal axis of the pipe, and the cleaning tool including, in addition to a mount, at least two cleaning bodies which are rotatable about their respective individual shafts, the cleaning bodies being provided with an uneven surface, at least part of the external active uneven surface of the cleaning bodies facing the internal mantle surface of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Are Sandkleiva
  • Patent number: 8561243
    Abstract: A cleaning tool device (1) for a pipe (10), the cleaning tool (1) being moved internally in the pipe (10) while rotating about substantially the center axis (12) of the pipe (10), and the cleaning tool (1) being provided with a leading cleaning body (2) at its free end portion (4), and there being arranged, close behind the free end portion (4), a tool support (6) which is arranged to bear on the internal jacket surface (16) of the pipe (10), the tool support (6) being provided with at least one rotatable support cleaning body (8?, 8?, 8?? and 8??).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Espen Osaland
  • Patent number: 8459364
    Abstract: A method and a device for securing a well during sluicing in of a well tool includes arranging a landing sleeve provided with a barrier valve in a well tubular downstream of a subsurface safety valve; displacing the well tool into the well tubular until a braking nose being connected to the well tool is placed in the landing sleeve; and unlocking the barrier valve by means of a key being positioned on the leading end portion of the well tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Asmund Solland
  • Patent number: 8397818
    Abstract: A method and a device for removing sediment or other undesired material (28) from a cavity (24) in a petroleum well (2) in which a tool (30) is moved down into the petroleum well (2). The method including placing a detonable charge (34) in the tool (30) and detonating the charge (34) after the tool (30) has been positioned in the petroleum well (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventors: Espen Osaland, Lasse Haugland
  • Patent number: 8376044
    Abstract: A plug device for closing of a pipe bore where the plug comprises an exterior sleeve formed in a flexible material, and a setting mechanism, and where the setting mechanism comprises wedges which between their passive position and their active position are displaced along a curved path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: John Arild Ostevik
  • Patent number: 8302682
    Abstract: A wireline tractor includes a displacement mechanism and at least one driving wheel positioned on the displacement mechanism so that the driving wheel is held in a biasing manner against a well wall. The displacement mechanism is rotatable or movable between a first position at which the driving wheel bears against the well wall on one side of the wireline tractor, and a second position at which the driving wheel bears against the well wall on the opposite side of the wireline tractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Gerald McInally
  • Publication number: 20100012315
    Abstract: A device for a wireline tractor includes at least one driving wheel positioned on a displacement mechanism connected to the wireline tractor, in which the displacement mechanism is arranged so as to hold the driving wheel in a biasing manner against a well wall. The displacement mechanism at least is rotatable or movable between a first position at which the driving wheel bears against the well wall on one side of the wireline tractor, and a second position at which the driving wheel bears against the well wall on the opposite side of the wireline tractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: AKER WELL SERVICE AS
    Inventor: Gerald McInally
  • Publication number: 20090320222
    Abstract: A cleaning tool for a pipe, the cleaning tool being moved inside the pipe while rotating in the main about the longitudinal axis of the pipe, and the cleaning tool including, in addition to a mount, at least two cleaning bodies which are rotatable about their respective individual shafts, the cleaning bodies being provided with an uneven surface, at least part of the external active uneven surface of the cleaning bodies facing the internal mantle surface of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Are Sandkleiva
  • Patent number: 7493950
    Abstract: Device for a tool string (2) for insertion in a well, the tool string (2) being provided with a brake nose (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Aker Well Service AS
    Inventor: Bård Martin Tinnen