Patents by Inventor Gawain Langford

Gawain Langford 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: 7240736
    Abstract: Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and casing. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Then, with the same floating platform, the drilling riser is disconnected and moved to a second well. While performing operations on the second well, the operator lowers a production tree from the floating platform on a lift line, and connects it to the first wellhead housing. An ROV assisted subsea plug removal tool is used for plug removal and setting operations required through the production tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jarle Michaelsen, Nils Arne Soelvik
  • Patent number: 7044228
    Abstract: A subsea well system has a flowline jumper that extends between components on the sea floor. The jumper has connectors on each end for connecting to the two components and has a curved portion. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm. The arm is mounted to a ring that can be rotated to various orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Stephen P. Fenton
  • Patent number: 7032673
    Abstract: An outer wellhead housing has an external locator member initially oriented in a desired direction. An inner wellhead housing lands in the outer wellhead housing. A BOP orientation spool with an external orientation member and an internal orientation member lands on the inner wellhead housing and orients via the external locator member. A tubing hanger with an orientation member and associated tubing hanger running tool with another orientation member lower through the BOP orientation spool and orient as they land in the inner wellhead housing. A production tree with an orientation member on a lower end lands on the inner wellhead housing. The orientation member of the production tree engages the orientation member of the tubing hanger to rotate the tree to a desired orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Dezen, Stephen P. Fenton, Gawain Langford, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jon E. Hed
  • Publication number: 20060011348
    Abstract: Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and casing. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Then, with the same floating platform, the drilling riser is disconnected and moved to a second well. While performing operations on the second well, the operator lowers a production tree from the floating platform on a lift line, and connects it to the first wellhead housing. An ROV assisted subsea plug removal tool is used for plug removal and setting operations required through the production tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Fenton, Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jarle Michaelsen, Nils Soelvik
  • Patent number: 6968902
    Abstract: Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and cased. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Then, with the same floating platform, the drilling riser is disconnected and moved to a second well. While performing operations on the second well, the operator lowers a production tree from the floating platform on a lift line, and connects it to the first wellhead housing. An ROV assisted subsea plug removal tool is used for plug removal and setting operations. Seabed separation is configured upstream of a production choke valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jarle Michaelsen, Nils Arne Soelvik
  • Publication number: 20040140124
    Abstract: Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and casing. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Then, with the same floating platform, the drilling riser is disconnected and moved to a second well. While performing operations on the second well, the operator lowers a production tree from the floating platform on a lift line, and connects it to the first wellhead housing. An ROV assisted subsea plug removal tool is used for plug removal and setting operations required through the production tree. Seabed separation is configured upstream of a production choke valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen P. Fenton, Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jarle Michaelsen, Nils Arne Soelvik
  • Publication number: 20040140125
    Abstract: An outer wellhead housing has an external locator member initially oriented in a desired direction. An inner wellhead housing lands in the outer wellhead housing. A BOP orientation spool with an external orientation member and an internal orientation member lands on the inner wellhead housing and orients via the external locator member. A tubing hanger with an orientation member and associated tubing hanger running tool with another orientation member lower through the BOP orientation spool and orient as they land in the inner wellhead housing. A production tree with an orientation member on a lower end lands on the inner wellhead housing. The orientation member of the production tree engages the orientation member of the tubing hanger to rotate the tree to a desired orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Francisco Dezen, Stephen P. Fenton, Gawain Langford, Lars-Petter Sollie, Jon E. Hed
  • Patent number: 6742594
    Abstract: A subsea well system has a flowline jumper that extends between components on the sea floor. The jumper has connectors on each end for connecting to the two components. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant and sufficiently flexible to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm. The arm is mounted to a ring that can be rotated to various orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignees: ABB Vetco Gray Inc., ABB Offshore Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Stephen P. Fenton
  • Publication number: 20030145997
    Abstract: A subsea well system has a flowline jumper that extends between components on the sea floor. The jumper has connectors on each end for connecting to the two components. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant and sufficiently flexible to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm. The arm is mounted to a ring that can be rotated to various orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Stephen P. Fenton
  • Publication number: 20030145998
    Abstract: A subsea well system has a flowline jumper that extends between components on the sea floor. The jumper has connectors on each end for connecting to the two components and has a curved portion. At least a portion of the jumper is buoyant to cause it to assume a vertical arcuate configuration when installed. One end of the jumper has a connector that has a mandrel that guides into a mating socket formed on the end of an arm. The arm is mounted to a ring that can be rotated to various orientations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Gawain Langford, Francisco Dezen, Lars-Petter Sollie, Stephen P. Fenton