Patents by Inventor Eric W. Dickinson

Eric W. Dickinson 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).

  • Gravel packing system for a production radial tube
    Patent number: 5035285
    Abstract: A system for gravel packing a production radial tube terminating in an open drillhead in electrically conductive oil bearing formation. An elongate perforating tube having spaced ports with electrically conductive perimeters connected to an electrical power source is passed to the forward end of the radial tube. Then an electrolyte solution is passed through the hollow interior of the perforating tube and out the ports to be directed against the tube while current is supplied to form spaced perforations in the tube. Then the perforating tool is withdrawn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Petrolphysics Operators
    Inventors: Ben W. O. Dickinson, Randall R. Anderson, Robert W. Dickinson, Eric W. Dickinson, Herman Dykstra
  • Gravel packing system for a production radial tube
    Patent number: 4974672
    Abstract: A system for gravel packing a production radial tube terminating in an open drillhead in an oil bearing formation. The radial tube is perforated by an electrolytic perforation tool which is removed. A flexible permeable liner is passed into the radial tube and slurry is flowed through the liner and out the distal end to the radial tube back towards the well bore to the fill. Then, plug filters are placed at the proximal and distal ends of the radial tube which pass oil but not gravel, and the proximal end of the radial tube is severed, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: Petrolphysics Operators
    Inventors: Ben W. O. Dickinson, Randall R. Anderson, Robert W. Dickinson, Eric W. Dickinson, Herman Dykstra
  • Oil well production system using a hollow tube liner
    Patent number: 4872509
    Abstract: A system for gravel packing a production radial tube terminating in an open drillhead in an oil bearing formation. The radial tube is perforated by an electrolytic perforation tool which is removed. A flexible permeable liner is passed into the radial tube and slurry is flowed through the liner and out the distal end to the radial tube back towards the well bore to the fill. Then, plug filters are placed at the proximal and distal ends of the radial tube which pass oil but not gravel, and the proximal end of the radial tube is severed, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Assignee: Petrolphysics Operators
    Inventors: Ben W. O. Dickinson, Robert W. Dickinson, Randall R. Anderson, Eric W. Dickinson, Robert D. Wilkes
  • Gravel packing system for a production radial tube
    Patent number: 4865128
    Abstract: A system for gravel packing a production radial tube terminating in an open drillhead in an oil bearing formation. The radial tube is perforated by an electrolytic perforation tool which is removed. A flexible permeable liner is passed into the radial tube and slurry is flowed through the liner and out the distal end to the radial tube back towards the well bore to the fill. Then, plug filters are placed at the proximal and distal ends of the radial tube which pass oil but not gravel, and the proximal end of the radial tube is severed, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: Petrolphysics Operators
    Inventors: Ben W. O. Dickinson, Randall R. Anderson, Robert W. Dickinson, Eric W. Dickinson, Herman Dykstra
  • Gravel packing system for a production radial tube
    Patent number: 4750561
    Abstract: A system for gravel packing a production radial tube terminating in an open drillhead in an oil bearing formation. The radial tube is perforated by an electrolytic perforation tool which is removed. A flexible permeable liner is passed into the radial tube and slurry is flowed through the liner and out the distal end to the radial tube back towards the well bore to the fill. Then, plug filters are placed at the proximal and distal ends of the radial tube which pass oil but not gravel, and the proximal end of the radial tube is severed, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: Ben Wade Oaks Dickinson
    Inventors: Ben W. O. Dickinson, Randall R. Anderson, Robert W. Dickinson, Eric W. Dickinson, Herman Dykstra