Patents by Inventor Aksel Skåland

Aksel Skåland 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).

  • Apparatus for, and method of, controlling sand production from an oil well
    Patent number: 11808118
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling sand production from an oil well. A sand rate comparison value determined at a given oil production rate is used to control the oil production rate by controlling the choke to set the oil production rate to a set production rate corresponding to the oil production rate. The sand rate comparison value is used to confirm that the measured reduced sand flow rate, at that given oil production rate, is below the allowable sand rate (ASR). Since the oil production rate is associated with the sand rate, the sand rate comparison value is used to control the sand rate, by being used to control the oil production rate, and so the sand rate comparison value functions as, and therefore typically comprises, or is, a sand rate control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FourPhasse AS
    Inventor: Aksel Skåland
  • Appratus for, and Method of, Controlling Sand Production from an Oil Well
    Publication number: 20230175362
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling sand production from an oil well. A sand rate comparison value determined at a given oil production rate is used to control the oil production rate by controlling the choke to set the oil production rate to a set production rate corresponding to the oil production rate. The sand rate comparison value is used to confirm that the measured reduced sand flow rate, at that given oil production rate, is below the allowable sand rate (ASR). Since the oil production rate is associated with the sand rate, the sand rate comparison value is used to control the sand rate, by being used to control the oil production rate, and so the sand rate comparison value functions as, and therefore typically comprises, or is, a sand rate control parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Aksel Skåland