Patents by Inventor Amit Solanki

Amit Solanki 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).

  • Adjustment mechanisms for adjustable bent housings
    Patent number: 9834992
    Abstract: Adjustable drill string housings are described for use in the directional drilling of wellbores, e.g. wellbores for hydrocarbon recovery wells. The adjustable drill string housings permit adjustment of a bend angle in the housings without removing the housings from a wellbore. In some exemplary embodiments, the bend angle can be adjusted by changing the internal stresses in a support member carried by the housings. In other embodiments, the bend angle may be adjusted by causing failure of sacrificial support members carried by the housings, and the failure may be caused by delivering chemicals through a chemical delivery system to the sacrificial support members. Methods of operating the adjustable drill string housings include multi-lateral drilling operations wherein the bend angle is adjusted when a casing window has been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gustav E. Lange, Fraser Wheeler, Amit Solanki
  • ADJUSTMENT MECHANISMS FOR ADJUSTABLE BENT HOUSINGS
    Publication number: 20170016277
    Abstract: Adjustable drill string housings are described for use in the directional drilling of wellbores, e.g. wellbores for hydrocarbon recovery wells. The adjustable drill string housings permit adjustment of a bend angle in the housings without removing the housings from a wellbore. In some exemplary embodiments, the bend angle can be adjusted by changing the internal stresses in a support member carried by the housings. In other embodiments, the bend angle may be adjusted by causing failure of sacrificial support members carried by the housings, and the failure may be caused by delivering chemicals through a chemical delivery system to the sacrificial support members. Methods of operating the adjustable drill string housings include multi-lateral drilling operations wherein the bend angle is adjusted when a casing window has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gustav E. Lange, Fraser Wheeler, Amit Solanki