Patents by Inventor Bernt Bjerkreim

Bernt Bjerkreim 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: 7896170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow divider promoting separation, the flow divider comprising an inlet, at least one dividing fin, and two or more outlets. According to the present invention a pipeline leading to the inlet is sufficiently long to promote at least a degree of separation of a fluid that is carried through the pipeline and that initially is mixed, the lighter constituents flowing through a top section of the pipeline, and the heavier constituents flowing through a bottom section of the pipeline, wherein the at least one dividing fin is/are arranged either vertically and/or horizontally in order to divide the flow into two or more smaller flow streams downstream of the flow divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Statoil ASA
    Inventors: Bernt Bjerkreim, Karl Olav Haram, Per Salater
  • Publication number: 20090200035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an all electric subsea boosting system for well fluid boosting by compressing hydrocarbon gases and/or pumping hydrocarbon liquids where said system comprises one or more subsea boosting stations and one or more long step-out power supplies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Bernt Bjerkreim, Harald Arnt Friisk, Asbjørn Eriksen, Karl Olav Haram, Ola Skrøvseth, Geir Aalvik
  • Publication number: 20090159528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flow divider (1) promoting separation, said flow divider (1) comprising an inlet (2), at least one dividing fin (3), and two or more outlets (4, 5). According to the present invention a pipeline (7) leading to the inlet (2) is sufficiently long to promote at least a degree of separation of a fluid that is carried through the pipeline (7) and that initially is mixed (6), the lighter constituents flowing through a top section of the pipeline (7), and the heavier constituents flowing through a bottom section of the pipeline (7), wherein the at least one dividing fin (3) is/are arranged either vertically and/or horizontally in order to divide the flow into two or more smaller flow streams downstream of the flow divider (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Bernt Bjerkreim, Karl Olav Haram, Per Salater