Patents by Inventor Helge Hope

Helge Hope 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: 11879309
    Abstract: A method is described for supply of liquid from a liquid storage to a casing string (10,12, 14..) which from a deck (16) on an installation is conveyed down in a well with the help of a pipe handler comprising an elevator, where the liquid is supplied via an uppermost casing (10) which is added to the casing string, and the liquid is supplied through a filling pipe (30) via an outlet nozzle (36) to the top of the casing (10) already during the pipe's (10) screwing into the casing string (10, 12, 14..) where the filling pipe is extended during the liquid supply until the casing string is being lowered down to a position where it is securely locked to the deck (16), and liquid is added to a suitable level in the casing string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Smarthose AS
    Inventors: Helge Hope, Alf Breivik
  • Patent number: 11415237
    Abstract: A drill string safety valve device (1) has a body (2) with a through-going flow bore (25) and connectors (3, 4) at respective ends (19, 18) for connection to tubulars, such as pipe joints. A valve member (7; 29) is movably arranged in said flow bore (25) and configured for being set in one of two states: a first state of the valve member allows fluid to flow in both directions though the flow bore, and a second state of the valve member allows fluid flow through the flow bore in only one direction. The valve member may be a rotatable ball valve (7) with a through-going flow bore (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Moonshine Solutions AS
    Inventors: Jan Georg Tveiterås, Helge Hope, Alf Breivik
  • Publication number: 20210301628
    Abstract: A method is described for supply of liquid from a liquid storage to a casing string (10, 12, 14 . . . ) which from a deck (16) on an installation is conveyed down in a well with the help of a pipe handler comprising an elevator, where the liquid is supplied via an uppermost casing (10) which is added to the casing string, and the liquid is supplied through a filling pipe (30) via an outlet nozzle (36) to the top of the casing (10) already during the pipe's (10) screwing into the casing string (10, 12, 14 . . . ) where the filling pipe is extended during the liquid supply until the casing string is being lowered down to a position where it is securely locked to the deck (16), and liquid is added to a suitable level in the casing string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Helge HOPE, Alf BREIVIK
  • Patent number: 11047176
    Abstract: It is discussed a method for drilling a well through a formation from a drilling installation, for the recovery of fluids, where a drill pipe (30) made up of a number of drill pipe sections is lead down into the formation and is supplied with liquid fluid from a fluid delivery system before one or more new drill pipe sections connected to the installations drill floor successively is screwed onto the upper end of the drill pipe (30), where a filling pipe (110) formed with a downwardly extending pipe spigot (17) that is lead down into the opening of the drill pipe section during assembly to start the fluid filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MOONSHINE SOLUTIONS AS
    Inventors: Alf Breivik, Helge Hope
  • Publication number: 20200347947
    Abstract: A drill string safety valve device (1) has a body (2) with a through-going flow bore (25) and connectors (3, 4) at respective ends (19, 18) for connection to tubulars, such as pipe joints. A valve member (7; 29) is movably arranged in said flow bore (25) and configured for being set in one of two states: a first state of the valve member allows fluid to flow in both directions though the flow bore, and a second state of the valve member allows fluid flow through the flow bore in only one direction. The valve member may be a rotatable ball valve (7) with a through-going flow bore (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jan Georg TVEITERÅS, Helge HOPE, Alf BREIVIK
  • Patent number: 10626682
    Abstract: A centralizer device for center positioning of a bore hole component (90, 91) in a bore hole and a method for deploying such a centralizer are described. The centralizer device (100) is prepared to have two possible different states, one state being a locked state for improved deployment and another state being a released state for centring. The transition from the locked state to the released state is performed by introducing a pill of bore fluid having a pH-value outside range of pH-values of bore fluid in a well. The pill of bore fluid dissolves pH-soluble material in the centralizer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Moonshine Solutions, A.S.
    Inventors: Helge Hope, Alf Breivik, Jan Georg Tveiterås
  • Publication number: 20200024910
    Abstract: It is discussed a method for drilling a well through a formation from a drilling installation, for the recovery of fluids, where a drill pipe (30) made up of a number of drill pipe sections is lead down into the formation and is supplied with liquid fluid from a fluid delivery system before one or more new drill pipe sections connected to the installations drill floor successively is screwed onto the upper end of the drill pipe (30), where a filling pipe (110) formed with a downwardly extending pipe spigot (17) that is lead down into the opening of the drill pipe section during assembly to start the fluid filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Alf Breivik, Helge Hope
  • Publication number: 20170234082
    Abstract: A centralizer device for center positioning of a bore hole component (90, 91) in a bore hole and a method for deploying such a centralizer are described. The centralizer device (100) is prepared to have two possible different states, one state being a locked state for improved deployment and another state being a released state for centring. The transition from the locked state to the released state is performed by introducing a pill of bore fluid having a pH-value outside range of pH-values of bore fluid in a well. The pill of bore fluid dissolves pH-soluble material in the centralizer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Helge Hope, Alf Breivik, Jan Georg Tveiterås