Patents by Inventor Ammar Munshi
Ammar Munshi 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).
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Patent number: 9243490Abstract: Sealing devices such as packers comprise an expandable sealing element that is inflated and/or deflated by an electrically-activated pump disposed in a wellbore so that the sealing element can be set and retrieved from the wellbore. The pump is disposed downhole in close proximity to the expandable sealing element and is electronically associated with a surface processing unit located at the surface of the wellbore. In certain embodiments, an electric motor electronically associated with the surface processing unit drives the pump to flow a fluid into a chamber of the expandable sealing element to inflate the expandable sealing element and pumps the fluid out of the chamber of the expandable sealing element to deflate the expandable sealing element. Multiple sealing elements can be disposed on a tool or work string and all can be addressable and individually and separately controlled by the surface processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Adebowale Ade-Fosudo, Robert M. Ramirez, Ammar Munshi
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Publication number: 20140166277Abstract: Sealing devices such as packers comprise an expandable sealing element that is inflated and/or deflated by an electrically-activated pump disposed in a wellbore so that the sealing element can be set and retrieved from the wellbore. The pump is disposed downhole in close proximity to the expandable sealing element and is electronically associated with a surface processing unit located at the surface of the wellbore. In certain embodiments, an electric motor electronically associated with the surface processing unit drives the pump to flow a fluid into a chamber of the expandable sealing element to inflate the expandable sealing element and pumps the fluid out of the chamber of the expandable sealing element to deflate the expandable sealing element. Multiple sealing elements can be disposed on a tool or work string and all can be addressable and individually and separately controlled by the surface processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventors: ADEBOWALE ADE-FOSUDO, Robert M. Ramirez, Ammar Munshi
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Patent number: 8371374Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
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Publication number: 20120227958Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
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Patent number: 8225861Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
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Publication number: 20110259579Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. In an alternative embodiment the control line is covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
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Patent number: 7997338Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can also be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria
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Publication number: 20100230094Abstract: A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. In an alternative embodiment the control line is covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Anthony P. Foster, Robert O. Castillo, Ammar Munshi, Edward T. Wood, Gregory C. Badke, Nervy Enrique Faria