Patents Assigned to Wellguard AS
  • Patent number: 11346204
    Abstract: A tool and a method for determining material quality of a hydrocarbon wellbore cross section, having one or more tubular elements having filling materials in between, is described. A tool includes a body and moveable assemblies, having multiple arms configured to be in contact with an inner wall of a downhole tubular element, that that are configured to move between a retracted position where the multiple arms of the moveable assemblies are within a housing located in the body of the tool and an extended position where the multiple arms of the moveable assemblies are protruding from the housing and are in contact with the inner wall of the downhole tubular element. The moveable assemblies comprise both an acoustic broad band source array that operates in the frequency range of 0-100 kHz and an acoustic broad band receiver array having a radially spaced acoustic broad band receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Wellguard AS
    Inventors: Eirik Espe, Fridtjof Nyhavn, Tonni Franke Johansen
  • Patent number: 10655456
    Abstract: There is described an apparatus for monitoring at least a portion of a wellbore, the apparatus comprising a body including at least an anchoring means for releasably positioning the apparatus with respect to a tubular in the wellbore. The apparatus comprises detecting means for detecting at least one parameter of a substance in the portion, and in that the apparatus comprises transceiver means configured to at least transmit data related to the parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Wellguard AS
    Inventors: Eirik Espe, Rune Flo, Kjell Ragnar Vågenes, Frederik Vilhelmsen, Tore Eide
  • Patent number: 10612342
    Abstract: A plugging tool and method of plugging a petroleum well permanently or temporarily is provided. The plugging tool, for instance, is used during a plug and abandonment operation (P&A) or during other operations where setting of a barrier in the well is required, by the use of a multitask tool. The multitasking nature enables the making and sealing verification of a plug in one trip. The multitasking tool comprising interconnected releasable sections, each comprising at least one packer arrangement, perforating means and a vibration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Wellguard AS
    Inventors: Jafar Abdollah, Inge Manfred Carlsen, Rune Flo, Fridtjof Nyhavn, Eirik Espe
  • Publication number: 20190226319
    Abstract: A tool and a method for determining material quality of a hydrocarbon wellbore cross section, having one or more tubular elements having filling materials in between, is described. A tool includes a body and moveable assemblies, having multiple arms configured to be in contact with an inner wall of a downhole tubular element, that that are configured to move between a retracted position where the multiple arms of the moveable assemblies are within a housing located in the body of the tool and an extended position where the multiple arms of the moveable assemblies are protruding from the housing and are in contact with the inner wall of the downhole tubular element. The moveable assemblies comprise both an acoustic broad band source array that operates in the frequency range of 0-100 kHz and an acoustic broad band receiver array having a radially spaced acoustic broad band receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: WELLGUARD AS
    Inventors: Eirik ESPE, Fridtjof NYHAVN, Tonni Franke JOHANSEN
  • Publication number: 20190195062
    Abstract: A well tool having a body configured for deployment in a tubular in a wellbore and having connection means (2; 2a) configured for connection to running 12 tools and control means (3) for connection to uphole control means, characterized 13 by a magnetic field generator (5) configured and controllable by the control means to generate a time—varying magnetic field. Use of the tool as a wellbore heating tool, a cement verification tool or a wellbore plugging tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: WELLGUARD AS
    Inventors: Eirik ESPE, Fridtjof NYHAVN
  • Publication number: 20180252069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of plugging a petroleum well permanently or temporary, for instance, during a plug and abandonment operation (P&A) or during other operations where setting of a barrier in the well is required, by the use of a multitask tool. The multitasking nature enables the making and sealing verification of a plug in one trip. The multitasking tool (1) comprising interconnected releasable sections (31, 32), each comprising at least one packer arrangement (3, 9), perforating means (6, 36) and a vibration device (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicant: Wellguard AS
    Inventors: Jafar Abdollah, Inge Manfred Carlsen, Rune Flo, Fridtjof Nyhavn, Eirik Espe
  • Publication number: 20180179886
    Abstract: There is described an apparatus for monitoring at least a portion of a wellbore, the apparatus comprising a body including at least an anchoring means for releasably positioning the apparatus with respect to a tubular in the wellbore. The apparatus comprises detecting means for detecting at least one parameter of a substance in the portion, and in that the apparatus comprises transceiver means configured to at least transmit data related to the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Wellguard AS
    Inventors: Eirik Espe, Rune Flo, Kjell Ragnar Vågenes, Frederik Vilhelmsen, Tore Eide