Patents Examined by Shane Bomar
  • Patent number: 11702892
    Abstract: A disconnect device for use as part of a downhole assembly in an oil or gas well. In one embodiment, the device comprises a lower receptacle assembly comprising a recess profile; an upper assembly comprising: a shaft comprising a fluid passage, a collet comprising collet fingers, a piston, a cylinder assembly, a pressure chamber disposed radially between the shaft and the cylinder assembly, and a spring, wherein the piston is selectively movable into three positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Coretrax Americas Limited
    Inventors: Tyler Whitney, Alessandro Caccialupi, Scott Benzie
  • Patent number: 11702932
    Abstract: A telemetry tool assembly for exploiting subsurface fluids and minerals through well construction and production. The assembly comprises a tube comprising a bore and a bore wall and first end and a second end. The respective ends each comprise internal and external upset portions welded to a pin end tool joint or box end tool joint, respectively. The upset portions comprise an internal and external conical transition section intermediate the respective tool joints and the tube. The external conical transition section comprises at least one socket comprising a removeable cover and side and bottom surfaces within the external conical transition section. The socket and cover comprise a seal between the cover and socket side walls. A telemetry adapter comprising electrical equipment is disposed within the one or more sockets and the assembly comprises a wired drill pipe (WDP). The socket surfaces comprise a hardness greater than the transition section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Joe Fox
  • Patent number: 11697197
    Abstract: The hydraulic rotary-percussive hammer drill includes a body; a shank; a striking piston configured to hit the shank; a stop piston configured to position the shank in a predetermined balanced position, the body and the stop piston delimiting a first control chamber permanently connected to a high-pressure fluid feed-in conduit and configured to urge the stop piston forwards, and a second control chamber configured to urge the stop piston forwards. The hydraulic rotary-percussive hammer drill comprises a fluidic communication channel opening into the second control chamber, configured to supply the second control chamber with high-pressure fluid and provided with a calibrated orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: MONTABERT
    Inventors: François-Xavier Cheylus, Michel Escolle
  • Patent number: 11692433
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fluid level sensing system for sensing a fluid level in a well. The system has an upper housing in communication with a lower housing, with the lower housing having a first bore in communication with a fluid in the well, and a second bore isolated from the first bore and in communication with at least one of a vacuum gauge or an external vacuum source. The upper and lower housings house a first flexible bag and a second flexible bag, with the first bag housed within the second bag. A portion of the first bag communicates with the first bore and is responsive to a change in pressure within the first bore caused by a changing fluid level in the well. A portion of the second bag communicates with the second bore and exerts a reference pressure on the first bag. A sensing subsystem senses expanding and contracting movement of the bags and generates a signal indicative of a change in a level of the fluid in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Schaupp, William C. Allen
  • Patent number: 11692427
    Abstract: A fluid processing system is configured for use in a wellbore in a hydrocarbon-bearing rock formation. The system includes a casing liner disposed in an open hole section of a well for providing a separation zone in a flow of materials from a first reservoir The system includes a downhole separator operatively coupled to the casing liner for separating the first material and the second material within the flow of materials. The flow of materials includes at least a first material and a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Hattan M. Banjar, Amer Alanazi
  • Patent number: 11686187
    Abstract: A fracturing device, including a power unit, wherein the power unit comprises a muffling compartment, a turbine engine, an air intake unit, and a starter; the air intake unit is communicated with the turbine engine through an intake pipe, and configured to provide a combustion-supporting gas to the turbine engine; the air intake unit is located at the top of the muffling compartment, the muffling compartment comprises an accommodation space, the turbine engine and the starter are located in the accommodation space, and the starter is configured to start the turbine engine, the starter comprises a first electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Rikui Zhang, Liang Lv, Xiaolei Ji, Chunqiang Lan, Yipeng Wu, Xincheng Li, Yuxuan Sun
  • Patent number: 11674358
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a system, method, and apparatus for increased control of steam injection for use in oil and gas recovery in a well. Embodiments can comprise a plurality of controllable zones of injection disposed in the well. The plurality of controllable zones include a primary conduit that houses a plurality of concentric conduits of decreasing diameter disposed inside of the primary conduit. In some embodiments, each of the concentric conduits includes a proximal end and a distal end. In some embodiments, each of the plurality of concentric conduits are fluidly sealed from one another from their respective proximal end to distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: XDI Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Juranitch, Alan C. Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11668155
    Abstract: A blow out preventor (BOP) stump test apparatus includes: a main body including an outer surface, a bore, and a mounting structure for releasably and rigidly connecting the main body to a BOP to be tested; and a test bar including a position indicator slidably retained in the bore and capable of moving up and down in the bore between an upper position and a lower position, where the positional indicator indicates when the test bar moves up in the bore during a BOP stump test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NXL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Scott Sherman, James Barnes, Shayne Musseau
  • Patent number: 11668136
    Abstract: A downhole motor for directional drilling includes a driveshaft assembly including a driveshaft housing and a driveshaft rotatably disposed within the driveshaft housing, a bearing assembly including a bearing housing and a bearing mandrel rotatably disposed within the bearing housing, wherein the bearing mandrel is configured to couple with a drill bit, a bend adjustment assembly including a first position that provides a first deflection angle between a longitudinal axis of the driveshaft housing and a longitudinal axis of the bearing mandrel, and a second position that provides a second deflection angle between the longitudinal axis of the driveshaft housing and the longitudinal axis of the bearing mandrel that is different from the first deflection angle, and one or more hydraulic pumps configured to actuate the bend adjustment assembly between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffery Ronald Clausen, Nicholas Ryan Marchand
  • Patent number: 11668185
    Abstract: An instrumented cutter including a polycrystalline diamond table bonded to a substrate with a sensor, for monitoring the condition of the polycrystalline compact diamond table, embedded in the substrate. Further the instrumented cutter includes a wireless transmitter equipped with a power supply to power to the wireless transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Guodong Zhan, Timothy Eric Moellendick, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Jianhui Xu, Arturo Magana Mora
  • Patent number: 11668173
    Abstract: A fracturing device includes a power unit, and the power unit includes a muffling compartment, a turbine engine, and an air intake unit. The air intake unit is communicated with the turbine engine through an intake pipe and configured to provide a combustion-supporting gas to the turbine engine; the air intake unit is at a top of the muffling compartment and the muffling compartment has an accommodation space, the turbine engine is within the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: YANTAI JEREH PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhang, Rikui Zhang, Liang Lv, Xiaolei Ji, Chunqiang Lan, Yipeng Wu, Xincheng Li, Yuxuan Sun
  • Patent number: 11661833
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, method, and system for separating solids from fluids, particularly in a downhole environment. The separator apparatus comprises a vortex inducer and a solids collection conduit. The separator apparatus can be mounted in a cylindrical housing for attachment to downhole piping for removal of solids in fluid flowing to other equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Reynolds Lift Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kyle Meier
  • Patent number: 11655710
    Abstract: A system for sidewall coring includes a sidewall coring tool lowered into a wellbore for positioning a coring bit inside a subterranean formation, an injection assembly, and an array of sensors. The coring bit is capable of collecting a core sample by rotating with respect to a housing of the sidewall coring tool. The injection assembly injects a plurality of fluids into a sidewall core and is configured to selectively inject a plurality of fluids into the core sample. The array of sensors is embedded within a sidewall cutter enclosure for recording measurements during an injection process. The array of sensors produces information relating to the core sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jawaher Almorihil, Abdulkareem AlSofi
  • Patent number: 11655687
    Abstract: An apparatus for flowing and mixing cement within a subterranean formation includes a housing, a flow control device, and baffles. The housing is configured to contain a cement additive. The housing includes a first end and a second end. The first end is configured to couple to a cement retainer. The flow control device is disposed at the second end of the housing. The baffles are disposed within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Carl D. Lindahl, Bandar S. Malki
  • Patent number: 11649680
    Abstract: A method, device, and system is described herein for pushing a rotary drill bit. Pushing the rotary drill bit can include receiving a target direction in a formation to push the rotary drill bit while drilling a wellbore in a formation. Pushing the rotary drill bit can also include opening, at a first rotational position of a rotary bit pushing device disposed proximate to the rotary drill bit within the wellbore, a first inlet port of a first flow regulator. Pushing the rotary drill bit can further include closing, after the first rotational position of the rotary bit pushing device, the first inlet port. Pushing the rotary drill bit can also include sending, to a second flow regulator of the rotary bit pushing device, a second quantity of drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: D-TECH UK LTD
    Inventor: Richard Hutton
  • Patent number: 11643880
    Abstract: A drill pipe connecting apparatus has radially extending locking openings to the drilling drive of a rig. An inner tube receives a free end of the drill pipe by the locking opening of the drill pipe. An outer tube at least partially encompasses the inner tube and connects to the drive. The inner tube has, at the drill pipe end, radially extending through-recesses for guiding/allowing passage of locking elements, radially slidingly movable in the through-recesses. External guide elements on the outer tube form control gates for adjusting the radial position of the locking elements between open/locking positions by relative rotation. A connecting device releasably connects the tubes in a rotationally fixed manner; positive-locking elements extend circumferentially around the inner face of the outer tube and on the outer face of the inner tube. These elements enter into positive-locking engagement or reach free-running position, depending upon the longitudinal tube position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: Sven Beckhusen
  • Patent number: 11634957
    Abstract: A braking and setting device is configured to slow down a movement of a tool in a well and to fix the tool relative to the well. The braking and setting device includes two or more arms configured to extend from the tool, toward the well, to brake the movement of the tool along a longitudinal axis X; a movable piston configured to be hosted fully within the tool and to move only when a well fluid acts on a base portion of the movable piston, while a tip portion of the movable piston pushes away the two or more arms; and an actuation mechanism configured to establish a fluid communication between the well fluid and the base portion of the movable piston. The movable piston moves exclusively due to a force exerted by the well fluid on the movable piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventor: Terrell Saltarelli
  • Patent number: 11629990
    Abstract: Systems include a floating device disposed on a top of a column of drilling fluid in an annulus of a wellbore. The floating device includes a capsule. A transmitter or a reflector may be coupled to the capsule. The floating device may transmit signals to a surface region from the annulus or receive signals from the surface region and reflect at least a portion of the received signals. A receiver in the surface region receives transmitted signals or reflected signals from the floating device and determines a distance between the floating device and a reference point in the surface region. The distance indicates a level of the drilling fluid in the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Krzysztof Karol Machocki, Michael Anthony Affleck
  • Patent number: 11629592
    Abstract: An extendable downhole tool including a first extendable probe, a second extendable probe and a pressure system configured to apply pressure to the first extendable probe and the second extendable probe. The pressure system also include an extension valve configured to pass fluid pressure to an inner surface of a first piston and a second piston and a retracting valve configured to pass the fluid pressure to an outer surface of the first piston and the second piston. An area ratio of the first piston may be greater than an area ratio of the second piston. The extendable downhole tool may also include a screen and a screen scraper associated with one or more of the first extendable probe and the second extendable probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Shiva Paramhans, David Hejl
  • Patent number: 11624252
    Abstract: A system includes a deployment device and an adjustable mill. The deployment device has a box end with internal threads. The adjustable mill has a tubular body, a cylinder, and a lock ring. The tubular body has a lateral end and a pin end. The pin end has external threads, the lateral end is partially enveloped by cutters, and the lateral end comprises an inner wall defining an orifice. The cylinder is movably disposed within the orifice. The cylinder is partially enveloped by the cutters. The lock ring is disposed circumferentially around the cylinder. The lock ring interacts with a lock ring seat machined into the inner wall of the lateral end to place the adjustable mill in a mode. The internal threads of the adjustable mill and the external threads of the deployment device interact to form a connection between the adjustable mill and the deployment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Bader M. Al-Ahmad, Omar M. Alhamid