Patents Assigned to Marine Well Containment Company
  • ADVANCED EXTENDED FLOWBACK SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230287764
    Abstract: A system for emergency response to a well control incident is disclosed, which includes a capture device fitted to a subsea wellhead, a pipeline termination unit fluidly connected to the capture device, and a subsea module fluidly connected to the pipeline termination unit via a subsea flowline, wherein the subsea module comprises a subsea separator, and wherein the subsea module is anchored to a seabed. The system also includes a mini spar fluidly connected to the subsea module by a riser system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Marine Well Containment Company LLC
    Inventor: David Nickerson
  • Marine well containment system and method
    Patent number: 9004176
    Abstract: A system and method for rapidly responding to and regaining control of uncontrolled flow from offshore hydrocarbon wells, comprising a subsea containment assembly, optionally including a capture caisson assembly installed around the assembly, riser systems for production of hydrocarbons to capture vessels on the surface of the sea, and modularized subsystems facilitating communication between and fluid flow from the subsea containment assembly through the riser to the capture vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Marine Well Containment Company
    Inventors: Calvin W. Crossley, Jeffrey W. Jones, Allen P. Allegra, Jonathan Bowman, Lloyd Brown, John Dagleish, Brian J. Fielding, Mitch Guinn, Joe Q. Jin, Wan Cai Kan, Roald T. Lokken, Mario R. Lugo, Peter G. Noble, Matthew J. Obernuefemann, Murray Smith, Paul M. Sommerfield, Charlie Tyrell, Richard Weser, Stephen Wetch