Patents by Inventor Aarnoud Frederic Bijleveld

Aarnoud Frederic Bijleveld has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for moving equipment into and through an underground well
    Patent number: 6675888
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for moving equipment into and through a conduit that is preferably an oil and/or gas production well, wherein use is made of an uphole equipment storage and handling unit via which equipment modules can be moved into a launch conduit and connected to a shuttle device which is able to locomote itself as a wireless tractor via the launch conduit into and from the underlying conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Hagen Schempf, Steve John Kimminau, Johannis Josephus Den Boer, John Foreman Stewart, Aarnoud Frederic Bijleveld
  • Method and system for moving equipment into and through an underground well
    Publication number: 20030029618
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for moving equipment into and through a conduit that is preferably an oil and/or gas production well, wherein use is made of an uphole equipment storage and handling unit via which equipment modules can be moved into a launch conduit and connected to a shuttle device which is able to locomote itself as a wireless tractor via the launch conduit into and from the underlying conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Hagen Schempf, Steve John Kimminau, Johannis Josephus Den Boer, John Foreman Stewart, Aarnoud Frederic Bijleveld