Patents Assigned to Vallourec Oil and Gas France
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Publication number: 20230147500Abstract: A steel pipe is for drilling, exploiting hydrocarbon wells, transporting petrol and gas, carbon capture or geothermal energy. The steel pipe includes at least one male or female insert and a metal body. The insert includes at least a first thread axis, at least one toric or frusto-conical sealing surface, a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion connected to the metal body. The metal body is made entirely by additive manufacturing and the insert includes an anchoring profile arranged so as to adhere the additive material of the metal body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventor: Eric VERGER
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Patent number: 11629560Abstract: A threaded connection for steel pipe with improved sealing performance is provided. A threaded connection (1) includes a pin (10) and a box (20). The pin (10) includes a pin shoulder surface (11), a pin sealing surface (12) and a male thread (13). The box (20) includes a box shoulder surface (21), a box sealing surface (22) and a female thread (23). The male thread (13) and female thread (23) are constituted by wedge threads. When the connection has been made up, the pin shoulder surface (11) is in contact with the box shoulder surface (21), the stabbing flank and load flank of the male thread (13) are in contact with the stabbing flank and load flank, respectively, of the female thread (23), and the pin sealing surface (12) is in contact with the box sealing surface (22). The shoulder angle is 4° or larger. The shoulder angle is the angle formed by each of the shoulder surfaces (11, 21) with a plane perpendicular to the pipe axis (CL) when the connection is not made up.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas FranceInventors: Yousuke Oku, Masaaki Sugino
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Patent number: 11624460Abstract: A threaded connection with good internal-pressure and external-pressure sealability while preventing galling is provided. A threaded connection 1 includes a pin 10 and a box 20. The pin 10 includes a pin lip 11, a pin metal seal 13, and a cylindrical inner machined surface 14. The pin metal seal 13 includes a pin seal taper surface 16 and a pin seal curvature surface 17. The box 20 includes a box metal seal 22 parallel to the pin seal taper surface 16. The pin metal seal 13 sealingly contacts the box metal seal 22 at a seal point SP. The threaded connection satisfies the following expressions, (1) and (2), L>Lm>Ls??(1), and tb/tp>1.6??(2).Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Masaaki Sugino, Yousuke Oku, Keita Inose
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Patent number: 11618084Abstract: A method for manufacturing a connecting part includes a first portion having a threaded end that is able to be screwed to the end of a first tubular component for connecting the connecting part to said first tubular component, the method comprising a step of producing, by an additive manufacturing method, a second portion of the connecting part juxtaposed with the first portion having a threaded end. Moreover, the first portion having a threaded end is obtained by reworking the first portion on a separate tubular component of the connecting part in order to be joined to the connecting part.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventor: Nicolas Breziat
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Patent number: 11608692Abstract: A threaded connection includes a pin and a box. The pin includes, in the order from a free end side of the pin toward a tubular body side thereof, an inner sealing surface, an inner male threaded portion, a shoulder portion, an outer male threaded portion, and an outer sealing surface. The box includes, in the order from a tubular body side of the box toward a free end side thereof, an inner sealing surface, an inner female threaded portion, a shoulder portion, an outer female threaded portion, and an outer sealing surface. Between the inner sealing surface and the inner female threaded portion of the box, an inner groove along a circumferential direction is provided, and some threads of the inner male threaded portion of the pin are contained in the inner groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas FranceInventors: Satoshi Maruta, Yousuke Oku, Tadashi Nakamura
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Patent number: 11598453Abstract: A threaded connection for a steel pipe includes a box which is an opening end of a second pipe and a truncated cone shaped pin which is an end of a first pipe and is inserted into the box, wherein the pin includes a male thread portion which is a tapered thread and a seal portion which includes a tapered surface, the box includes a female thread portion which is a tapered thread and a seal portion which includes a tapered surface, and in a state before make-up between the pin and the box, a minimum diameter of the tapered surface of the pin is smaller than a maximum diameter of the tapered surface of the box.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Masaaki Sugino, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Yukihiro Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20230066104Abstract: A self-locking threaded connection partially in a non-locking engagement includes a first and a second tubular component provided respectively with male and female threaded zone at their respective ends. First portions of the female threaded zones with varying thread width and root cooperate together along a self-locking tightening arrangement. A locking region within the threaded connection is located in the middle of non-locking, and radially centered to the pipe body API tolerances in order to withstand high torque and seal performances.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Wesley OTT, Scott GRANGER
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Publication number: 20230024535Abstract: A steel tubular pipe, which is threaded, sleeved, or integral, includes at least one first male threaded end, an inner surface, and a metal deposition layer on the inner surface and of thickness between 0.01 mm and 0.8 mm deposited on all or part of the inner surface of the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Xavier MENCAGLIA, Bertrand MAILLON
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Publication number: 20230027183Abstract: Threaded joint, comprising a first and a second tubular component (C1, C2), the first tubular component comprising a first pipe body (10) and a male end (1), the male end comprising a distal surface (17) and a male threaded zone (13) at a male end, the second tubular component comprising a second pipe body (20) and a female end (2) comprising a distal surface and a female threaded zone (23), both male and female threaded zones (13, 23) comprising respectively a varying zone where thread have varying width, and a non varying zone, adjacent to the varying zone, where thread have a constant width, the varying zone of the male threaded zone being made up with the varying zone of the female threaded zone, and non varying zone of the male threaded zone being made up with the non varying zone of the female threaded zone, a thread profile of the male and female threaded zones being trapezoidal and a pin external shoulder (37) of the male end is in axial abutting contact against a corresponding abutment surface (42) oType: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Justin JU, Justin PERKINS, Eric VERGER
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Publication number: 20230010471Abstract: A male or female tubular threaded connection for a steel pipe includes at least one external or internal threading, an end lip, a portion produced by additive manufacturing arranged to house at least one sensor at a predetermined distance from a functional surface of said connection, the sensor being arranged to measure a physical quantity related to said functional surface and said functional surface being selected from a sealing surface, a threading, an abutment, an internal diameter or an external diameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventor: Eric VERGER
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Patent number: 11542813Abstract: The invention relates to oil wells and/or gas wells and more particularly a device and a method for acquiring and transmitting data in the wells based on an equipped tubular component (1) which comprises an internal surface (2), an external surface (3) and a main axis (X), an internal antenna (4) which is located on the side of the internal surface (2), an external antenna (5) which is located on the side of the external surface (3), which may comprise an opening (6) which extends from the external surface (3) and opens onto the internal surface (2), an electrical conductor extending in said opening (6).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Sylvie Dubois-Decool, Daniel Khoda Rahmi, Eric Donzier, Emmanuel Tavernier
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Patent number: 11536098Abstract: A lifting plug is for lifting a tubular column in a gas and/or oil well. The lifting plug is a one-piece component capable of being manipulated by a jaw of an oil platform elevator. The plug includes a body to be screwed onto the tubular column. The body includes two outer flanges: an upper flange and an intermediate flange. The flanges are such that the jaw of the elevator can be arranged between these two flanges. The upper flange forms a bearing shoulder for the jaw to bear on and the intermediate flange includes a bore for manipulating the plug allowing the insertion through the body of a pin emerging at two different points of the intermediate collar. The plug can be rotated by the pin while remaining engaged in the jaw.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventor: Antoine Deroubaix
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Publication number: 20220381380Abstract: A tubular threaded joint for drilling, operating hydrocarbon wells, or transporting oil and gas includes a male tubular threaded element and a female tubular threaded element. The female tubular threaded element includes a female internal threaded portion and a female non-threaded portion. The male tubular threaded element includes a male external threaded portion and a male non-threaded portion. At least the male or female tubular element includes a body and a portion added by additive manufacturing that includes at least one first abutment surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventor: Eric VERGER
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Patent number: 11506311Abstract: A threaded connection for steel pipe that provides high torque performance, high tension performance and high sealability is provided. A threaded connection 1 includes: a tubular pin 10 including a pin shoulder 12, a male thread 11 and a pin seal 13; and a tubular box 20 including a box shoulder 22, a female thread 21 and a box seal 23. The male and female threads 11 and 21 are constituted by wedge threads. The pin seal 13 is provided between the pin shoulder 12 and the male thread 11. The box seal 23 corresponds to the pin seal 13 and is located on the inner peripheral surface of the box 20. When the connection is made up, the pin shoulder 12 is spaced apart from the box shoulder 22. The threaded connection 1 satisfies the following expression, (1): 3%?(LP?SP)/LP?7%??(1). In expression (1), LP is the pitch between loading flanks 111 of the male thread 11, and SP is the pitch between stabbing flanks 112 of the male thread 11.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Yousuke Oku, Sadao Douchi
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Patent number: 11493154Abstract: A threaded tubular connection comprises a first tubular component and a second tubular component. The first tubular component includes a female portion defined on an interior surface of the first tubular component. The female portion includes an inner threaded portion and an outer threaded portion which are offset radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular component by a first shoulder. The second tubular component includes a male portion defined on an exterior surface of the second tubular component. The male portion is to be inserted into the female portion, and includes an inner threaded portion and an outer threaded portion which are offset radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the second tubular component by a second shoulder. The second shoulder is to abut the first shoulder once the male portion is connected to the female portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Daly Daly, Alan Ford Fothergill, Sebastien Roger Claude Villert
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Patent number: 11493155Abstract: A threaded connection for pipe includes a pin and a box. The threaded connection for pipe includes a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer and a solid lubricant coating. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer is formed on a contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box and contains 10 to 16 mass % of Ni. The solid lubricant coating is formed on the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The contact surface on which the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer is formed is ground. Now define arithmetic average roughness of the surface of the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer as Ra1, and arithmetic average roughness of the contact surface as Ra2. Ra1 ranges from 0.1 to 3.2 ?m. Ra1 is more than Ra2.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas FranceInventors: Masahiro Oshima, Masanari Kimoto
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Publication number: 20220349263Abstract: A device for a steel tube designed to be secured on a portion of the tube used in a tubular hydrocarbon column includes a substantially cylindrical envelope extending along a longitudinal axis and designed to surround the box portion of the first steel tube and the envelope forming an opened ring so that a circumferential gap subsists between two free ends of the envelope; and a locking mechanism fixed to the envelope in the vicinity of the circumferential gap and configured to bring the free ends of the envelope closer to each other in a locked position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Alastair John BRODIE, Maxime VANNETZEL
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Publication number: 20220341518Abstract: A threaded tubular connection comprises a first tubular (12) component and a second tubular component (14). The first tubular component (12) includes a female portion (10) defined on an interior surface of the first tubular component. The female portion includes an inner threaded portion (16d) and an outer threaded portion (16b) which are offset radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular component by a first shoulder (26). The second tubular component (14) includes a male portion (18) defined on an exterior surface of the second tubular component. The male portion is to be inserted into the female portion, and includes an inner threaded portion (18d) and an outer threaded portion (18b) which are offset radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the second tubular component by a second shoulder (28). The second shoulder is to abut the first shoulder once the male portion is connected to the female portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicants: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Alan FOTHERGILL, Corey DUFRENE, Satoshi MARUTA
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Patent number: 11473373Abstract: A threaded connection includes a first and a second tubular component made up one with the other. A male element of the first component includes, on its external peripheral surface, a male inner lip including an inner mg with a minimum thickness Epi and a male threaded zone. One inner end of the male threaded zone is at a non-zero axial distance (Li) from a male distal end. A female element of the second component includes, in succession over its internal peripheral surface, a female inner recess disposed facing the male inner lip and a female threaded zone, such that in the made up position of the connection, a radial clearance subsists between the male inner ring and the female inner recess and an internal seal is formed locally between the male inner lip and the female inner recess. The connection is such that 10%?Epi/Li.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Xavier Mencaglia, Corey Dufrene, Sadao Douchi, Masaaki Sugino
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Patent number: 11435014Abstract: This invention provides a threaded connection for pipes or tubes having high over-torque performance, and a method for producing the threaded connection for pipes or tubes. A threaded connection for pipes or tubes according to the present embodiment includes a pin and a box. The pin and the box include a contact surface including a threaded portion and a metal contact portion. The threaded connection for pipes or tubes includes a solid lubricant coating layer on at least one of the contact surfaces of the pin and the box, the solid lubricant coating layer including a resin, a solid lubricant powder, and Cr2O3.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas FranceInventor: Kunio Goto