Patents Assigned to Vallourec
  • Publication number: 20250137329
    Abstract: Threaded joint including a male end having a male thread and a free male end, a female end having a female thread and a free female end, said female end also including at least one extension extending axially from the side of the female thread and forming the free female end, said at least one extension being flexible radially and including on an internal surface an extension shoulder arranged to cooperate with a locking surface extending from an external surface of the male end and to limit axially in one direction the relative movement of the male end relative to the female end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Pierre MARTIN, Eric VERGER
  • Patent number: 12286841
    Abstract: A tubular threaded joint for the drilling, operation of hydrocarbon wells, transport of oil and gas, carbon capture or geothermal energy, comprising a male tubular element and a female tubular element, each of said male or female tubular elements comprising respectively a male threaded portion and a female threaded portion, one or the other of the male or female threaded portions optionally comprising an anticorrosive and/or lubricating solid coating, said male threaded portion and female threaded portion comprise respectively at least one male threading tooth or one female threading tooth and a threaded axial gap TAG ensuring a space, in the mounted state, between an stab flank of said male threading tooth and a load flank of said female threading tooth, wherein said threaded axial gap TAG is greater than or equal to a minimum gap TAGmin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thibault Mathon, Laurent Boufflers, Matthieu Luongo
  • Publication number: 20250122766
    Abstract: A lifting plug for connection with a tubular member, the lifting plug including a tubular body including an externally threaded portion; one or more apertures extending through the tubular body within the externally threaded portion; and a flange at a first end of the tubular body for engagement with a lifting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventor: Steve LANGFORD
  • Patent number: 12276359
    Abstract: A threaded connection for pipe in which the axial distance between the box intermediate shoulder surface and the box end shoulder surface of the box before make-up, LB, is larger than the axial distance between the pin intermediate shoulder surface and the pin end shoulder surface of the pin before make-up, LP, such that, upon completion of make-up, the pin and box intermediate shoulder surfaces and are in contact and function as torque shoulders, while the pin and box end shoulder surfaces are in light (or no) contact. The difference between the axial distances, (LB?LP), is such that, when the pin and box are made up and upon application of an axial compressive load, the pin and box are slightly axially compressed by the compressive load and the pin end shoulder surface comes into pressure contact with the box end shoulder surface to bear part of the compressive load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Satoshi Maruta, Yousuke Oku, Pierre Martin, Daly Daly
  • Patent number: 12276014
    Abstract: Micro alloyed steels with a yield strength of at least 485 MPa (70 ksi) with outstanding toughness behavior, good weldability and improved sulphide stress cracking resistance for line pipes, for applications as process pipes, flowlines or risers in the oil and gas industry. Tubular products, such as seamless pipes, can be made from this steel. A process for manufacturing tubular products can be performed with this steel. The seamless pipes can be used for line pipes, flowlines and risers in the oil and gas industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE
    Inventors: Vicente Braz Da Trindade Filho, Julio Marcio Silveira E Silva, Cedric Linne, Ana Carolina Caldas Vilas Boas
  • Patent number: 12276161
    Abstract: A lifting plug for connection with a tubular member, the lifting plug including a tubular body including an externally threaded portion; one or more apertures extending through the tubular body within the externally threaded portion; and a flange at a first end of the tubular body for engagement with a lifting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventor: Steve Langford
  • Patent number: 12247680
    Abstract: A metal tubular connecting part includes a total axial length, an inner surface, and an outer surface. The inner and outer surfaces delimit a wall, an outer transition surface, and an inner transition surface. The outer transition surface and the inner transition surface delimit a transition thickness of the wall. A first threaded end is defined by a first outer surface portion extending over a first axial length. A second threaded end is defined by a second inner surface portion extending over a second axial length. The sum of the first axial length and the second axial length is less than or equal to the total axial length of the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Bertrand Maillon, Alexandre Noel, Thierry Taisne, Umberto Caruso
  • Patent number: 12247442
    Abstract: A lifting plug for connection with a tubular member, the lifting plug including a body having an externally threaded portion, a flange at a first end of the body for engagement with a lifting device, and a grease collection groove interrupting at least a part of the externally threaded portion, the grease collection groove collecting and removing excess grease from the threaded portion during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Steve Langford, Pierre Martin
  • Publication number: 20250059836
    Abstract: A stabbing guide device is for a steel tube to be secured on a portion of the tube used in a tubular column for oil and gas, energy, or storage applications. The device includes a substantially cylindrical body extending along a rotational axis to surround the portion of the first steel tube, the body forming an open ring so that a circumferential gap subsists between two free ends of the body, and a locking door secured to the body at one of the two free ends and movable compared to the body between a locked position in which the locking door rotates towards the body and surrounds the first tube, an intermediate position in which the locking door is slid along the rotational axis towards a lower end of the body, and an unlocked position in which the locking door is rotated radially away from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alastair BRODIE, Maxime VANNETZEL
  • Publication number: 20250052352
    Abstract: An insulated tube including a main body and an end piece, the end piece being attached to the main body, the main body having an inner tube and an outer tube, a radial gap being arranged between the inner tube and the outer tube, one between the outer tube and the inner tube being a cold hardened steel alloy tube, said cold hardened steel alloy tube having a first threaded portion and the end piece having a second threaded portion, the first threaded portion and the second threaded portion being screwed together such that the end piece is attached to the cold hardened steel tube in a sealed manner thanks to the cooperation between said first threaded portion and second threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: VALLOUREC TUBE ALLOY, LLC
    Inventor: Gabriel ROUSSIE
  • Publication number: 20250043455
    Abstract: A threaded end of a tubular component is for drilling and/or operating a hydrocarbon well, transporting oil and gas, transporting or storing hydrogen, carbon capture or geothermal energy, comprising at least one thread extending over its outer or inner peripheral surface, wherein the thread is coated with a layer comprising a zinc-chromium (Zn—Cr) alloy in which zinc (Zn) is the predominant element by weight, relative to the total weight of the alloy. A process for preparing a threaded end, as defined above, includes at least one electrodeposition, on the surface of the thread of the end, of an aqueous composition comprising one or more zinc salts, one or more chromium salts, one or more electrolytes and one or more surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alexandre ANTOINE
  • Publication number: 20250003533
    Abstract: A tubular threaded element for the drilling, the operation of hydrocarbon wells, the transport of oil and gas, the transport or the storage of hydrogen, the carbon capture or the geothermal energy, including a metal body and at least one threaded end including at least one threaded portion, the threaded end including a multilayer coating on at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end wherein the multilayer coating includes a first layer including a solid coating including Zinc-Nickel electrodeposited on the at least one portion of the surface of the threaded end, a second oxalation-type conversion layer above the first layer, a third layer including a polyurethane or epoxy matrix loaded with solid lubricant particles above the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe BASKA, Marie THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20240410514
    Abstract: A metal tubular component adapted to be associated with at least one other metal tubular component to form a joint, said metal tubular component having a longitudinal axis, a body and at least one first axial end adjacent to the body, said first axial end being provided with a connector including a thread and an internal abutment surface, the metal tubular component further including a wall with an internal surface, said internal surface being coated with a layer of a thermally-insulating material, said layer of thermally-insulating material being covered by a liner, said liner having an axial portion extending along the longitudinal axis and a radial portion, said radial portion extending along the internal abutment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric VERGER, Gabriel ROUSSIE
  • Publication number: 20240378356
    Abstract: A method for connecting threaded portions of a first tubular component and a second tubular component, including the obtaining of a make-up graph. The method further includes the evaluation of the connection quality of the first and second tubular components, on the basis of first and second models, by acceptance or rejection of the make-up graph obtained and assignment of a connection status respectively representing the conforming or non-conforming state of the connection of the first and second tubular components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique COURTIN, Nicolas BAUDET, Florian GARDIN
  • Patent number: 12129716
    Abstract: A securing system intended to secure a cable to a tube for a tubular column for oil & gas, energy, or storage applications, the securing system includes a first ring configured to bear against the tube, a second ring configured to bear against the tube, and a central body arranged and blocked in relative displacement along a longitudinal axis between the first ring and the second ring. The securing system includes a cable securing mechanism having an outside housing for securing the cable, said outside housing having an opening for receiving through said opening the cable in the outside housing, said opening of the outside housing being arranged on an outside surface of the securing system, said outside surface being turned outwardly relative to an inside housing of the securing system, said inside housing being configured to house the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Maxime Vannetzel, Alastair John Brodie
  • Publication number: 20240353375
    Abstract: A method for reconstruction of a thickness profile of a part to be inspected including for distinct emission points: for a current emission point, emitting ultrasound firings, generating basic echo signals associated with a respective ultrasound firing, selecting a firing producing the basic echo signal of greatest amplitude, calculating for the selected firing a basic flight time, calculating the coordinates of a surface contact point for the selected firing, calculating a set of potential positions of the internal surface of the part to be inspected as a function of the basic flight time, the coordinates of the contact point of the external surface and a propagation medium in the part to be inspected, the method further including the step of calculating the profile of the internal surface of the part to be inspected by joining separate portions of the sets of potential positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: VALLOUREC TUBES FRANCE
    Inventors: Olivier LAZZARI, Jimmy HAOUA
  • Publication number: 20240344452
    Abstract: A tubular component for a well pipe including a transmitting antenna, a first reading antenna axially spaced apart from the transmitting antenna by a distance D, excitation electronics connected to the transmitting antenna and arranged to emit an electromagnetic field E having a first electromagnetic characteristic, reading electronics connected to the first reading antenna and arranged to detect temporal and intentional variations in the electromagnetic field according to the first characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Eric DONZIER, Emmanuel TAVERNIER
  • Publication number: 20240337345
    Abstract: A protector for protecting a male or female threaded end of a tubular component for drilling, for the exploitation of hydrocarbon wells, for transporting oil and gas, for transporting or storing hydrogen, for capturing carbon or geothermal energy, the male or female threaded end being provided with at least one external or internal thread, the protector includes a main body that is intended to receive the male or female threaded end, the main body having a peripheral side wall extending in an axial direction, wherein a housing is provided in a thickness of the peripheral side wall, said housing extending around the peripheral side wall, at least one threaded ring detachably housed in said housing, the threaded ring having a thread that is intended to be screwed onto the external or internal thread of the male or female threaded end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yann GALLOIS, Didier DAVID
  • Patent number: 12104085
    Abstract: An oil-well metal pipe according to the present disclosure has a pipe main body including a first end portion and a second end portion. The pipe main body includes a pin formed at the first end portion, and a box formed at the second end portion. The pin includes a pin contact surface including an external thread part, and the box includes a box contact surface including an internal thread part. The oil-well metal pipe according to the present disclosure also includes a resin coating containing a resin, a solid lubricant powder, and copper phthalocyanine on or above at least one of the pin contact surface and the box contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tomoka Abe, Ken Tomiyasu, Keishi Matsumoto, Mamoru Ochiai
  • Patent number: 12078050
    Abstract: A method for controlling a state of a first tube, said first tube being intended to be integrated in an extraction structure, a first server managing a digital descriptor of the first tube, said digital descriptor having a first set of data stored on at least a first memory, said first set of data comprising at least: one identification number of the first tube and; a completion status and a planification status, the method includes generating a first request to a first server from a computer located near the first tube acquiring the identification number in order to generate an inventory status of the first tube, acquiring a first value of a completion status of the first tube, acquiring a second value of a planification status of the first tube, and generating at least one alert when the first or the second value is equal to a predefined state value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
    Inventors: Yann Gallois, Cyril Blanpied