Patents Assigned to FMC
  • Flexible pipe connection systems and methods
    Patent number: 11549627
    Abstract: A system may include a manifold having a plurality of fluid inlets, a first pump truck having a first pump disposed thereon with a first fluid outlet, and a first flexible pipe. The first flexible pipe may include a first end of the first flexible pipe coupled to a first of the plurality of fluid inlets, a second end of the first flexible pipe is coupled to the first fluid outlet, and a first outer shell mounted on the manifold. The first outer shell may extend from the manifold a length between the first end and the second end. Additionally, the first outer shell may be curved to have a radius to arch the first flexible pipe from the manifold to the first pump truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cook, Corey Massey
  • Fungicidal oxadiazoles
    Patent number: 11540518
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, Z1, W, Z2 and J are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Robert James Pasteris
  • Efficient new process for synthesis of 2-amino-5-chloro-N,3-dimethylbenzamide
    Patent number: 11542241
    Abstract: Described herein are novel methods of synthesizing 2-amino-5-chloro-N,3-dimethylbenzamide. Compounds prepared by the methods disclosed herein are useful for preparation of certain anthranilamide compounds that are of interest as insecticides, such as, for example, the insecticides chlorantraniliprole and cyantraniliprole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: FMC Corporation, FMC Argo Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Chen, Yefeng Fan, Jianhua Mao, Zhijian Xu
  • Pyrrolidinones as herbicides
    Patent number: 11528906
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q1, Q2, Y1, and Y2 are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Duncan Satterfield, Thomas Paul Selby
  • FCC1256 compositions and methods of controlling plant pathogens
    Patent number: 11528910
    Abstract: Methods of controlling a plant pathogen, e.g. fungal and bacterial pathogens, on a plant, are described wherein an agricultural composition comprising Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FCC1256 deposited as ATCC No. PTA-122162, a carrier, a surface-active agent and optionally a buffer, and a corresponding concentrate is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Van Der Lelie, Safiyh Taghavi, Anthony Andrew Devine, Jaeheon Lee
  • SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A PRODUCTION OUTLET OF A SUBSEA PRODUCTION TREE
    Publication number: 20220389783
    Abstract: One illustrative apparatus (1) disclosed herein includes a helix structure (20) that comprises at least at least one helical surface (15), a plurality of orientation slots (17) positioned around a perimeter of the helix structure, each of the orientation slots (17) being adapted to receive an orientation key (18), a component orientation slot (21) positioned adjacent a bottom end of the at least one helical surface (15) and a threaded bottom recess (43). The apparatus (1) also includes a threaded adjustable nut (30) that is adapted to be at least partially positioned in the bottom recess and threadingly coupled to the threaded bottom recess (43).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Murphy
  • WELLHEAD CONNECTING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220372828
    Abstract: A connecting assembly for connecting a first body and a second body includes a connector having a plurality of segments and a main piston positioned around at least a portion of the connector. The connector includes: a channel that extends longitudinally through the connector from a first end to a second end; a plurality of teeth formed on an inside of the connector near the first end and near the second end; a first jaw formed of at least one teeth near the first end; and a second jaw formed of at least one teeth near the second end and axially spaced apart from the first jaw. Each of the plurality of teeth has a leading side facing an axial center of the connector, a top side, a contact point at a transition between the leading side and the top side, and a trailing side opposite the leading side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alejandro Andueza, Barry Stewart
  • ULTRASONIC THROUGH BARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR IN RISER COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20220364463
    Abstract: A communication system employed during wellbore operations, such as during drilling, cementing, fracturing, or other wellbore operations, which utilizes ultrasound (i.e., acoustic waves characterized by ultrasonic frequencies) to communicate sensor and/or control information from inside a riser and/or blowout preventer (BOP) to outside the riser/BOP, and/or vice versa. More specifically, the communication system may include an internal ultrasonic module (IUM) residing inside the riser/BOP and acoustically coupled to a drill string and/or a centralizer also inside the riser/BOP. The communication system may further include an external ultrasonic module (EUM) residing outside the riser/BOP and acoustically coupled to the riser/BOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David George Moodie, Alan Graham, Scott David Petrie, John Cristopher Whelan, Norman Lewis Mackenzie, Steven William Bremner
  • Modular control systems with umbilical deployment
    Patent number: 11499389
    Abstract: A control unit includes a hydraulic fluid system, a lubricant system, at least one sensor cable, an electronics module in communication with the at least one sensor cable, the hydraulic fluid system, and the lubricant system. A housing of the control unit contains the hydraulic fluid system, the lubricant system, the sensor cable(s), and the electronics module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cook, Corey Massey, Chad Vrla
  • Nitrone herbicides
    Patent number: 11498899
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, J2, Q1, Q2, T and Y are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds, N-oxides and salts, and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound, N-oxide, salt or composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew James Campbell
  • COLLET-TYPE WELLHEAD CONNECTOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220356776
    Abstract: A connecting assembly for connecting a first body and a second body. The first body includes multiple grooves formed on an outside of the first body near a connecting end. The connecting assembly includes a connector. The connector includes multiple connecting segments arranged circumferentially around a central longitudinal axis; and a first jaw formed on an inside of the segments. The first jaw includes multiple teeth. Each tooth includes: a leading side facing an axial center of the connector; a top side; and a trailing side opposite the leading side. A tooth height is measured between a base of the tooth and an intersection between the leading side and the top side of the tooth. At least two of the tooth/groove pairs have a difference between tooth height and groove depth that are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alejandro Andueza, Barry Stewart
  • FLEXIBLE PIPE CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220356976
    Abstract: A system may include a manifold having a plurality of fluid inlets, a first pump truck having a first pump disposed thereon with a first fluid outlet, and a first flexible pipe. The first flexible pipe may include a first end of the first flexible pipe coupled to a first of the plurality of fluid inlets, a second end of the first flexible pipe is coupled to the first fluid outlet, and a first outer shell mounted on the manifold. The first outer shell may extend from the manifold a length between the first end and the second end. Additionally, the first outer shell may be curved to have a radius to arch the first flexible pipe from the manifold to the first pump truck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cook, Corey Massey
  • Connector
    Patent number: 11492864
    Abstract: A connector includes a jaw used to connect a connection element and a wellhead designed to better distribute tensions on the contact surfaces of the teeth thereof, including, for example, having contact surfaces with differentiated angles and differentiated spacing, resulting evened tensions on the contact surfaces of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventor: Alejandro Andueza
  • FLOW BORE GUIDE VANE INSERT
    Publication number: 20220349430
    Abstract: A valve block may have a cross-drill intersection bore formed within the valve block by a first flow bore intersecting a second flow bore. Additionally, at least one insert may be within the first flow bore or the second flow bore. The at least one insert may include a wall contacting an inner surface of the first flow bore or the second flow bore, a passageway defined within the wall and having openings at opposite ends of the insert, and a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the wall into the passageway. The one of the opposite ends of the at least one insert may align with a surface of the cross-drill intersection bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Sanchis, Guilherme Moura, Leonardo Bernardo
  • Flow control module
    Patent number: 11486217
    Abstract: An assembly includes an inlet hub (112) coupled to a first flow passage (124) located within a flow control module, the first flow passage having a first flow bore, a flow meter (144) associated with the first flow bore and positioned for top-down fluid flow, a choke (109) disposed in a second flow passage (136) having a second flow bore, and an outlet hub (119) coupled to a distal end of the second flow passage. A system includes a flow control module assembly (902) having an inlet (912) and at least two outlets (914, 916), a main line (920) in fluid communication with the inlet, a first branch line (922) coupled to the main line and to a first outlet (916) of the at least two outlets, and a second branch line (924) coupled to the main line and to a second outlet (914) of the at least two outlets, and a tie-in connector (918) coupled to the inlet of the flow control module assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul L. Riley, Ramu Valliappan Manickam, Wei Soung Tan, May-Ling Rachel Ho, Guoxiang Calvin Wu
  • One-piece production/annulus bore stab with integral flow paths
    Patent number: 11486207
    Abstract: One illustrative production/annulus bore stab disclosed herein includes a one-piece body that comprises a first cylindrical outer surface and a second cylindrical outer surface and a plurality of individual fluid flow paths defined entirely within the one-piece body. In this illustrative example, each of the individual fluid flow paths is fluidly isolated from one another and each of the fluid flow paths comprise a first inlet/outlet at a first end of the fluid flow path that is positioned in the first cylindrical outer surface and a second inlet/outlet at a second end of the fluid flow path that is positioned in the second cylindrical outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard Murphy
  • Intermediates for preparing herbicidal pyridazinones
    Patent number: 11485712
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of Formula I, including N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined as set forth in the disclosure. Also disclosed is a process for preparing a compound of Formula I. A compound of Formula I can also be used as a synthetic intermediate to prepare pyridazinone-based herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Frederick McCann, Thomas Martin Stevenson
  • WELL FRACTURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220341303
    Abstract: A method for performing simultaneous operations at a wellsite comprising two or more adjacent wellheads, each respectively connected to a well, may include the following steps: providing a fluid supply via upstream equipment to an intermediate supply point; fluidly connecting the intermediate supply point to a single wellhead, the fluidly connecting comprising connecting a first end of a flexible pipe to the intermediate supply point and a second end of the flexible pipe to a first wellhead; performing a wellbore operation on a first well using the fluid supply from the upstream equipment supplied to the first wellhead; disconnecting the second end of the flexible pipe from the first wellhead; and connecting the second end of the flexible pipe to a second wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tep Ungchusri, Philippe Espinasse, Jean-Luc Streiff, Gary Bernard, Brian Swagerty, Johann Rongau, Sunil Dutt, Dan Fink, Justin Taylor, James Cook
  • POWER STORAGE AND SALT WATER CLEANING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220332619
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell may include: an anode; a porous anodic current collector; a cathode; a porous cathodic current collector; and an alkali metal-conducting separator that separates the anode from the cathode and is disposed surrounding the anodic current collector. The cathode may include seawater. A battery module may include a plurality of the electrochemical cells, and a battery may include a plurality of the battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel Silva, Stefano Passerini, Dominic Bresser, Jens Peters, Marcel Weil, Jens Federhen
  • RTI545 compositions and methods of use for benefiting plant growth and controlling plant pests
    Patent number: RE49311
    Abstract: Compositions are provided that include a new Bacillus thuringiensis strain designated RTI545 for use in benefiting plant growth and controlling plant pests. In particular, the RTI545 strain is useful for controlling plant nematode, insect and fungal pests. The compositions include plant seeds coated with the RTI545 strain. The compositions can be applied alone or in combination with other microbial, biological, or chemical insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, bacteriocides, herbicides, plant extracts, plant growth regulators, or fertilizers. In one example, enhanced growth and insect control are provided by delivering at the time of planting a combination of a chemical insecticide such as bifenthrin and a liquid fertilizer to plants or seeds treated with RTI545.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Van Der Lelie, Safiyh Taghavi, Vincent J. Spadafora, Nathan Caldwell, Anders Obel, Robert B. Albright, Guozhi Wang, Jaeheon Lee, Roderick G. McLeod, Kevin Brost, John E. Kibbee