Patents by Inventor Duncan Stuart Hogg

Duncan Stuart Hogg 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: 11603741
    Abstract: A well production system comprises a safety instrumented system (SIS) having one or more logic solvers; one or more pressure transmitters disposed along a flowpath and communicatively coupled to the one or more logic solvers; one or more valves disposed along the flowpath and communicatively coupled to the SIS, wherein the SIS is configured to selectively actuate the one or more valves based on feedback from the one or more pressure transmitters; and a spare pressure transmitter disposed along the flowpath, wherein the spare pressure transmitter is configured to be selectively coupled to the one or more logic solvers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dril-Quip, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Organ, Duncan Stuart Hogg
  • Publication number: 20220307349
    Abstract: A well production system comprises a safety instrumented system (SIS) having one or more logic solvers; one or more pressure transmitters disposed along a flowpath and communicatively coupled to the one or more logic solvers; one or more valves disposed along the flowpath and communicatively coupled to the SIS, wherein the SIS is configured to selectively actuate the one or more valves based on feedback from the one or more pressure transmitters; and a spare pressure transmitter disposed along the flowpath, wherein the spare pressure transmitter is configured to be selectively coupled to the one or more logic solvers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Organ, Duncan Stuart Hogg
  • Patent number: 11391123
    Abstract: A well production system comprises a barrier providing a pressure barrier between components of the well production system located upstream of the barrier and components of the well production system located downstream of the barrier; a safety instrumented system (SIS) communicatively coupled to the barrier and having one or more logic solvers; one or more pressure transmitters disposed along a flowpath, within the barrier, and communicatively coupled to the one or more logic solvers; one or more valves disposed along the flowpath within the barrier and communicatively coupled to the SIS, wherein the SIS is configured to selectively actuate the one or more valves based on feedback from the one or more pressure transmitters; a spare pressure transmitter disposed along the flowpath within the barrier; and a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is configured to selectively couple the spare pressure transmitter to the one or more logic solver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: DRIL-QUIP, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Organ, Duncan Stuart Hogg
  • Publication number: 20210348483
    Abstract: A well production system comprises a barrier providing a pressure barrier between components of the well production system located upstream of the barrier and components of the well production system located downstream of the barrier; a safety instrumented system (SIS) communicatively coupled to the barrier and having one or more logic solvers; one or more pressure transmitters disposed along a flowpath, within the barrier, and communicatively coupled to the one or more logic solvers; one or more valves disposed along the flowpath within the barrier and communicatively coupled to the SIS, wherein the SIS is configured to selectively actuate the one or more valves based on feedback from the one or more pressure transmitters; a spare pressure transmitter disposed along the flowpath within the barrier; and a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is configured to selectively couple the spare pressure transmitter to the one or more logic solver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Edwin Organ, Duncan Stuart Hogg