Patents Assigned to FMC
  • Patent number: 9644764
    Abstract: An offshore fluid transfer system comprising a boom (2100) and at least one movable fluid conveying pipe (3000) attached to the boom, said movable pipe (3000) comprising, starting from its anchorage point, a length for extension, then an outer valve (3210) for coupling to a third party loading pipe, a maneuvering cable called outer maneuvering cable (4100) maneuvered from the boom (2100) being furthermore linked to the free end of the movable pipe at a point referred to as cable anchorage point, characterized in that the anchorage point is rigidly connected to the outer valve (3210). The invention also relates to the corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Orla Ann Kelly, Olivier Diana, Renaud Le Devehat
  • Patent number: 9637204
    Abstract: A device for providing information on the positioning of a moveable coupling located on a movable end of a fluid transfer line, the other end of which is fixed to a base, includes a first GPS device which is positioned on or adjacent the coupling and provides information on the absolute positioning of the coupling in space, and a second apparatus which is adapted to cooperate directly with the first apparatus and provides information on the positioning of the base. The second apparatus is disposed on or adjacent the base and provides, on the basis of the information on the positioning of the base and the information on the positioning of the coupling, information on the relative positioning of the coupling directly relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies S.A.
    Inventors: Renaud Le Devehat, Nicolas Sylard
  • Patent number: 9636614
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for removing solids from a gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Separation Systems, BV
    Inventors: Mohamed Reda Akdim, Tarig Mukthar Abdalla
  • Patent number: 9638375
    Abstract: The present invention regards a subsea sand handling system for limiting abrasion of specific subsea equipment (5), comprising an inlet (10) connectable to a sand separation system (2) upstream of the specific equipment (5) and an outlet (18, 22) connectable to a pipeline (6) downstream of the specific equipment (5), wherein it comprises at least two collection vessels (11,14) and means for flushing (16,17,19,21) the sand out of at least one of the collection vessels (11,14), and the vessels (11,14) and the means for flushing (16,17,19,21) the sand out of said vessels (11,14) are configured such that sand is flushed from one vessel (11,14) while sand is collected in the other vessel (14,11). The present invention also regards a method for limiting abrasion of subsea rotating equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Terje Hollingsæter, Rune Fantoft
  • Patent number: 9638019
    Abstract: A method for removal of a compound from a crude hydrocarbon gas stream to be obtained from a sub-sea well is disclosed. The method comprises bringing the crude hydrocarbon gas stream in contact with a treatment solution comprising an absorbent at least partly selective to the compound to be removed, thereby obtaining a rich treatment solution and a compound depleted gas stream, regenerating the treatment solution comprising the absorbent by desorbing the compound from the rich treatment solution, thereby obtaining a compound stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Steinar Eriksen, Bodil Iren Hop, Torbjørn Ruud
  • Patent number: 9635854
    Abstract: Methods for controlling weeds in a crop, comprising applying to the weeds a herbicidally effective amount of a composition comprising a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra L. Shinn, Gurinderbir S Chahal, Frank J. D'Amico, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9622484
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for a combination of a new strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RTI301 and a new strain of Bacillus subtilis RTI477, the combination having growth promoting activity and activity against plant pathogens. The compositions containing the RTI301 and RTI477 strains are useful for benefiting plant growth and/or conferring protection against a pathogenic infection when applied to plant roots, seeds, callus tissue, grafts, and cuttings. Synergistic results are observed for the combination of the strains, and the combination of strains is useful to increase yield in crops including soybean and corn. The compositions containing the combination of strains can be applied alone or in combination with other microbial, biological, or chemical insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, bacteriocides, herbicides, plant extracts, plant growth regulators, and fertilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Safiyh Taghavi, Daniel van der Lelie, Roderick McLeod, Kevin R. Brost, John E. Kibbee
  • Publication number: 20170101840
    Abstract: An emergency casing packoff assembly (170) that is adapted to be installed in a wellhead (100) through a blowout preventer includes an upper packoff body (171), a lower packoff body (174) releasably coupled to the upper packoff body (171), and a metal seal ring (175) that is adapted to create a metal to metal seal between the packoff assembly (170) and a casing (110) supported in a wellhead (100) when a pressure thrust load is imposed on the packoff assembly (170). The casing packoff assembly (170) further includes a lock ring energizing mandrel (173) threadably coupled to the upper packoff body (171), wherein at least a portion of the lock ring energizing mandrel (173) is adapted to be threadably rotated relative to the upper packoff body (171) so as to lock the packoff assembly (170) into the wellhead (100) while the imposed pressure thrust load is maintained on the packoff assembly (170).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Frederic Kauffmann, George B. Haining
  • Patent number: 9612181
    Abstract: A portable containment vessel to perform a pressure test to a test specimen includes a base skid, a ballistic outer enclosure connected to the base skid and comprising a plurality of walls, a door, and a lock to maintain the door in a closed position, a sample tray configured to support the test specimen, wherein the sample tray is operable through a doorway of the ballistic outer enclosure between a retracted position and an extended position, a containment fluid to surround the test specimen while a pressurized test fluid is applied to the test specimen, and a sensor to indicate a failure of the pressure test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Mann, Robert P. Matson
  • Patent number: 9605987
    Abstract: A method for determining the flow rates of a multi-component mixture in a pipe including a gas phase and a liquid phase, the method comprising the following steps: a. the flow rates of the individual components of the multi-component mixture are measured, b. the Reynolds number of the multi-component mixture is measured separately from the flow rate measurements, and c. based on the result from step a and b, a more accurate flow-rate of the individual components of the multi-component mixture is calculated. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea as
    Inventors: Arnstein Wee, Kenneth Gundersen
  • Patent number: 9605516
    Abstract: A method includes disconnecting subsea equipment containing a first fluid from an installation in a subsea environment, wherein the first fluid is a produced fluid that includes produced hydrocarbons. Furthermore, the method also includes raising the disconnected subsea equipment from the subsea environment and controlling a fluid pressure of the first fluid in the subsea equipment with an accumulator device while raising the subsea equipment from the subsea environment, wherein the accumulator device includes first and second adjustable accumulator chambers and a movable pressure boundary separating the first and second adjustable accumulator chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Randall Smedstad
  • Publication number: 20170085074
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical penetrator assembly (1) comprising a penetrator housing (3) having a through-bore and an internal support surface; a ceramic sleeve assembly (2) sealingly providing a feed-through for an electrical conductor (29), which sleeve assembly comprises first and second outer support surfaces; and a compression member (6) comprising a compression surface; said method comprising the steps of sealingly attaching at least one metal, annular sealing member (4, 5) to a section of the sleeve assembly; positioning the sleeve assembly in the through-bore of the penetrator housing such that the first, outer support surface is brought into contact with the internal support surface; attaching the compression member to the penetrator housing such that the compression surface is brought into contact with the second, outer support surface; by means of the compression member, directly or indirectly preloading the sleeve assembly by applying a force onto the sleeve assembly such that a predete
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrei M. Strikovski
  • Patent number: 9596857
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel insecticidal composition comprising bifenthrin and a cyano-pyrethroid which exhibit an unexpected increase in insecticidal activity as compared to the insecticidal activity of the individual components. The present invention is also directed to a novel insecticidal composition comprising bifenthrin and a cyano-pyrethroid in admixture with at least one agriculturally acceptable extender or adjuvant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Robert M. Herrick, Mark Walmsley, Charles A. Staetz, Hui S. Yang, D. Craig Heim, Hylsa Garcia, Nancy Hilton
  • Patent number: 9601964
    Abstract: A flow-conditioning system includes a pump, process tubing coupling the pump to a source of multiple component process fluid, and an in-line flow-mixing device positioned in the process tubing upstream of the pump. A system includes a well disposed below a body of water and providing a source of multiple component fluid, a pump disposed in and exposed to the water, process tubing coupling the pump to the well, and an in-line flow-mixing device positioned in the process tubing upstream of the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Cunningham, Rune Fantoft, Terje Hollingsaeter
  • Publication number: 20170067317
    Abstract: A method includes designing a subsea equipment assembly having an insulation covering an outer surface of at least one equipment unit and a flow path formed through the at least one equipment unit. The designing includes modeling a temperature profile of the subsea equipment assembly having a fluid within the flow path, identifying at least one hot zone along an interface between the insulation and the outer surface, where the at least one hot zone is exposed to temperatures above a degradation temperature of the insulation, and designing at least one cold zone along the interface to border the at least one hot zone, the at least one cold zone exposed to maximum temperatures below the degradation temperature of the insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Whitsitt, Carlos Ardenis Silva-Hernandez, Matthew R. Herst, Warren P. Jones, Frank Wabnitz
  • Patent number: 9585395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid termiticide compositions comprising a pyrethroid and a neonicotinoid selected from the group consisting of imidacloprid, nithiazine, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, thiacloprid and clothianadin, these compositions result in an increase in termite mortality at low application rates and a continuous chemical bather of a termiticide in soil surrounding and beneath a structure in a locus where termites are suspected or known to exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Ballard, Cristi L. Palmer, Kim Watson
  • Patent number: 9580986
    Abstract: Generally, the present disclosure is directed to metal-to-metal sealing systems and methods for use with the various pressure-retaining components, and in particular to pressure-retaining components that may be used in mudline suspension systems. In one illustrative embodiment, a system is disclosed that includes a first pressure-retaining component having an outside face, the outside face including first and second metal sealing surfaces proximate an end of the first pressure-retaining component, wherein the second metal sealing surface is positioned along the outside face between the first metal sealing surface and the end of the first pressure-retaining component. The system further includes, among other things, a second pressure-retaining component having an inside face, the inside face of the second pressure-retaining component including a third metal sealing surface that is adapted to sealingly engage at least the first metal sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao-Ching Kuo, Ashish Kumar
  • Patent number: 9581012
    Abstract: A well tool (10) for use in a well pipe comprises a housing (11) and a pulse generator (14) provided within the housing (11). The pulse generator (14) comprises an inductor (Ls), and a power supply device (HV, c) for supplying electrical power to the inductor (L) and thereby providing that an electromagnetic pulse is generated, in such a way that the electromagnetic pulse is providing physical vibrations in the well pipe. A cross sectional gap area (Agap) of an annular gap between a median of the inductor (Ls) and an inner surface of the well pipe is substantially equal to an inner cross sectional area (Ainner) of the inductor (Ls) up to the median diameter (d) of the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Sergey Ivanovich Krivosheev, Evgeni Lvovich Svechnikov, Georgy Petrovich Zhabko, Andrey Aleksandrovich Belov, Yuri Eduardovich Adamian
  • Patent number: 9580974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety joint and a method of operation, the safety joint comprising: a first riser part and a second riser part overlapping in an axial direction and having end connections to be connectable as part of a riser, a release unit, locking the two riser parts together in a not activated mode, the release unit having other modes comprising a partly activated mode and fully activated mode, where the release unit comprises at least one axial extending tension rod connected between the two riser parts, which tension rod is configured to deform plastically before breaking, thereby activating the partly and fully activated modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Hans-Paul Carlsen, Tor-Øystein Carlsen, Olav Inderberg, Anthony D. Muff, Arild Sundkvist, Pål Fadum, Roy Arne Klevstad, Thor-Arne Løvland, Simen Rønne, Geir Tandberg, Bernt Olav Tømmermo
  • Patent number: 9580975
    Abstract: The invention relates a cylinder release arrangement, wherein at least one cylinder is arranged with a piston within the cylinder, and a cylinder head closing off one end of the cylinder, forming a chamber between the piston and the cylinder head, wherein the cylinder is provided to arrange a leakage of fluid from one side of a piston to the other side of the piston, when the piston is in a given position within the cylinder, and release means are provided for the subsequently controlled release of the cylinder head from the cylinder. The invention also comprises a cylinder arrangement with a release mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Hans-Paul Carlsen, Tor-Øystein Carlsen, Olav Inderberg, Anthony D. Muff, Arild Sundkvist, Pål Fadum, Roy Arne Klevstad, Thor-Arne Løvland, Simen Rønne, Geir Tandberg, Bernt Olav Tømmermo