Patents by Inventor Andrew James Hanson

Andrew James Hanson 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).

  • Patent number: 9334700
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting a reverse flow operation. The apparatus may be lowered into a wellbore on a work string, and includes an opening device, a closing device, and a locking device disposed in a housing. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the opening device to open fluid flow through ports in the housing. Pressurized fluid from the annulus may be supplied through the port in the reverse flow direction to actuate the locking device to enable fluid flow up through the work string back to the surface, and to release the closing device. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the closing device to close fluid flow through the ports in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew James Hanson, Jozeph Robert Marcin, Randal Brent Biedemann, Damian Leonard Ward, Clayton R. Andersen
  • Publication number: 20130264068
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for conducting a reverse flow operation. The apparatus may be lowered into a wellbore on a work string, and includes an opening device, a closing device, and a locking device disposed in a housing. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the opening device to open fluid flow through ports in the housing. Pressurized fluid from the annulus may be supplied through the port in the reverse flow direction to actuate the locking device to enable fluid flow up through the work string back to the surface, and to release the closing device. Pressurized fluid supplied through the work string may actuate the closing device to close fluid flow through the ports in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Andrew James Hanson, Jozeph Robert Marcin, Randal Brent Biedermann, Damian Leonard Ward
  • Publication number: 20130186623
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to injecting steam into a wellbore using a device. The device includes a body having a bore configured to communicate steam through the body. The device also includes a sleeve movable in the bore of the body between a first position and a second position, wherein the sleeve in the first position blocks steam from exiting an opening of the body and the sleeve in the second position allows steam to exit the opening of the body. The device further includes a shroud disposed on a portion of the body such that an annulus is formed between the shroud and the body, wherein the annulus is configured to direct steam from the opening in the body toward steam outlets. In another aspect, a method of injecting steam into a wellbore using a steam tubular is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Francis Ian Waterhouse, Jozeph Robert Marcin, Christopher D. Palmer, Andrew James Hanson