Patents by Inventor Edwin Arnold Zwald

Edwin Arnold Zwald 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for anchoring and expanding tubular members
    Patent number: 7779923
    Abstract: A method for expanding a tubular member in a wellbore includes applying a downward force to an expansion cone through a work string to anchor the tubular member in the wellbore and pulling upwards on the expansion cone with the work string to expand the tubular member. The expansion cone is disposed in a launcher portion connected to the tubular member being expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Enventure Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Holland, Gregory Marshall Noel, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr.
  • EXPANDABLE TUBULAR
    Publication number: 20090301733
    Abstract: An expandable tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: ENVENTURE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Shuster, Kevin K. Waddell, Edwin Arnold Zwald, JR.
  • Apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member
    Patent number: 7546881
    Abstract: An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a support member and an adjustable expansion device coupled thereto. The adjustable expansion device includes a tubular support member with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart inclined surfaces, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart expansion segments movably coupled to the tubular support member, and an actuator for displacing the expansion segments relative to the tubular support member to thereby displace each of the expansion segments onto corresponding inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Enventure Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Sam Sun Lloyd, Lev Ring, David Paul Brisco, Kevin K. Waddell, Robert Lance Cook, Brock Wayne Watson, Harold Otis Treece, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Akin Olufowoshe
  • Methods and Apparatus for Anchoring and Expanding Tubular Members
    Publication number: 20090065196
    Abstract: A method for expanding a tubular member in a wellbore includes applying a downward force to an expansion cone through a work string to anchor the tubular member in the wellbore and pulling upwards on the expansion cone with the work string to expand the tubular member. The expansion cone is disposed in a launcher portion connected to the tubular member being expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: ENVENTURE GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Holland, Gregory Marshall Noel, Edwin Arnold Zwald, JR.
  • Radial Expansion of Tubular Members
    Publication number: 20080115939
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7357190
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7299881
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7275601
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure. The tubular member is anchored to the preexisting structure and an expansion member is pulled through the tubular member to radially expand the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7270188
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure. The tubular member is anchored to the preexisting structure and an expansion member is pulled through the tubular member to radially expand the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7246667
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7231985
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure. The tubular member is anchored to the preexisting structure and an expansion member is displaced relative to the tubular member to radially expand the tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Mono-diameter wellbore casing
    Patent number: 7172024
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation to the first tubular member. The second tubular member and the overlapping portion of the first tubular member are then radially expanded again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Kevin K. Waddell, Lev Ring, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Liner hanger with sliding sleeve valve
    Patent number: 7172021
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Chan Lawrence Daigle, Gregory Marshall Noel, William Joseph Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin Karl Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Patent number: 7168499
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, III, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Liner hanger with sliding sleeve valve
    Patent number: 6976541
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Chan Daigle, Gregory Noel, William J. Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin K. Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
  • Mono-diameter wellbore casing
    Publication number: 20040112589
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member wit6hin a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation to the first tubular member. The second tubular member and the overlapping portion of the first tubular member are then radially expanded again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Kevin K. Waddell
  • Mono-diameter wellbore casing
    Publication number: 20040069499
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation to the first tubular member. The second tubular member and the overlapping portion of the first tubular member are then radially expanded again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Kevin K. Waddell, Lev Ring, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Liner hanger with sliding sleeve valve
    Publication number: 20040045718
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Chan Daigle, Gregory Noel, William J. Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin K. Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
  • Radial expansion of tubular members
    Publication number: 20030121558
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure. The tubular member is anchored to the preexisting structure and an expansion member is pulled through the tubular member to radially expand the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Richard Carl Haut, Lev Ring, Thomas Patrick Grant, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Andrei Gregory Filippov