Patents by Inventor Helvio FERREIRA DA SILVA

Helvio FERREIRA DA SILVA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230374870
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to the design of a Polyvalent Riser Balcony for an FPSO-type floating unit and the sequencing of the functions of the wells interconnected to the SPU in advance, even before the discovery of the field; consequently, without having the definition of the reservoir drainage plan and the subsea layout. The Polyvalent Riser Balcony can be applied to any development design for new offshore fields. The application of the invention will allow the anticipation of the FPSO production design, as well as its construction and assembly, with great value generation for the production development plans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Helvio FERREIRA DA SILVA, Marcelo CURZIO SALOMAO, Osvaldo Roberto DO VALE, João Pedro NAVARINI
  • Patent number: 11149530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the injection of water and gas, either simultaneously or alternately, into subsea wells in order to enhance production and the oil recovery level. Thus, the present invention provides a subsea system for pressurizing a subsea oil reservoir injecting at least one of water and gas, comprising (i) at least two subsea injection wells (4, 4?), each subsea injection well (4, 4?) being connected to a production unit (5) by means of a single subsea line (1, 2) which is connected to the respective subsea injection well (4, 4?) by a main injection mandrel (6, 6?), and (ii) at least one jumper (3), each jumper (3) hydraulically connecting two of the at least two adjacent subsea injection wells (4, 4?) through annular mandrels (7, 7?). The present invention further provides a subsea reservoir pressurization method associated with the above-described system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Roberto Rodrigues, Helvio Ferreira Da Silva, Joao Francisco Fleck Heck Britto, Claudio Jose Godoy Mota Valenca, Andre Stark De Almeida E Silva, Sidnei Guerreiro Da Silva, Elias Gava Colombo, Ivan Noville Rocha Correa Lima
  • Publication number: 20200190952
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the injection of water and gas, either simultaneously or alternately, into subsea wells in order to enhance production and the oil recovery level. Thus, the present invention provides a subsea system for pressurizing a subsea oil reservoir injecting at least one of water and gas, comprising (i) at least two subsea injection wells (4, 4?), each subsea injection well (4, 4?) being connected to a production unit (5) by means of a single subsea line (1, 2) which is connected to the respective subsea injection well (4, 4?) by a main injection mandrel (6, 6?), and (ii) at least one jumper (3), each jumper (3) hydraulically connecting two of the at least two adjacent subsea injection wells (4, 4?) through annular mandrels (7, 7?). The present invention further provides a subsea reservoir pressurization method associated with the above-described system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Roberto RODRIGUES, Helvio FERREIRA DA SILVA, Joao Francisco FLECK HECK BRITTO, Claudio Jose GODOY MOTA VALENCA, Andre STARK DE ALMEIDA E SILVA, Sidnei GUERREIRO DA SILVA, Elias GAVA COLOMBO, Ivan NOVILLE ROCHA CORREA LIMA