Patents by Inventor Fred-Olav Haug

Fred-Olav Haug 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: 10794141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system, a clamp, and an associated method, for riserless intervention or abandonment of a subsea well (40), the system comprising means for lowering and/or retrieval of wire line tools (19) or equipment from a surface facility (18) to a subsea location, the system comprising: a Pressure Control Head (2) having an internal through-going bore for receiving a wire line (16), wherein the Pressure Control Head (2), during use, allows access to the subsea well (40) for the wire line and serves as a barrier when the wire line (16) and wire line tool (19) is nm into and out of the subsea well (40), a clamp (17) connected to the PCH (2), a wire line tool (19) connected to the wire line (16), and wherein the clamp (17) is adapted to clamp around or being released from the wire line (16) such that lowering and/or retrieving of the Pressure Control Head (2) and the wire line tool (19) is performed using the wire line (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS
    Inventors: Fred-Olav Haug, Jan Reidar Andenes
  • Publication number: 20180371863
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system, a clamp, and an associated method, for riserless intervention or abandonment of a subsea well (40), the system comprising means for lowering and/or retrieval of wire line tools (19) or equipment from a surface facility (18) to a subsea location, the system comprising: a Pressure Control Head (2) having an internal through-going bore for receiving a wire line (16), wherein the Pressure Control Head (2), during use, allows access to the subsea well (40) for the wire line and serves as a barrier when the wire line (16) and wire line tool (19) is nm into and out of the subsea well (40), a clamp (17) connected to the PCH (2), a wire line tool (19) connected to the wire line (16), and wherein the clamp (17) is adapted to clamp around or being released from the wire line (16) such that lowering and/or retrieving of the Pressure Control Head (2) and the wire line tool (19) is performed using the wire line (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Fred-Olav Haug, Jan Reidar Andenes