Patents Assigned to Total Fina S.A.
  • Patent number: 6378611
    Abstract: A procedure for treating the perforations of a well, in particular by intervention of a cable, in order to plug them or consolidate them comprises the successive steps of: (a) arranging, close to the perforation to be treated (50, 54), a dehydration powder chamber (32) that produces a large volume of high pressure gas at a high temperature, as well as a composite powder chamber (40) designed to treat the perforation (50, 54); (b) igniting the dehydration powder; and (c) once the combustion of the dehydration powder is completed, igniting the composite powder so the treatment of the perforation (50, 54) can take place. The invention also relates to a device for implementing this procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Total Fina S.A.
    Inventor: Paul Maxime Helderle
  • Patent number: 6263970
    Abstract: A wellhead device for the isolation of solid particles carried by production fluid includes a closed housing to be integrated with a wellhead element, a lining tightly fixed on the inner wall of the body producing the fluid upstream of the side outlet(s) provided with the valves, and a cylindrical partition arranged inside the housing around the lining, from which it is separated by a second ring-shaped space. First openings are provided in the upper portion of the partition above the lining, second openings are provided in the lower portion of the partition, and a filter is arranged inside the housing at the periphery of the partition lower portion, opposite the second openings. The filter is arranged such that all the fluid entering through the first partition openings into the volume separating this partition from the housing outer portion passes through the filter before entering the second ring-shaped volume through the partition second openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Total Fina S.A.
    Inventor: Charles Blanchet