Patents by Inventor Jack Everett Miller

Jack Everett Miller 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).

  • Subsea hot tap systems and methods
    Patent number: 8534306
    Abstract: A subsea hot-tapping system, comprising an existing pipeline; a hot-tap body fitted around the pipeline; and a fluid injected between the pipeline and the body. In some embodiments, the system also includes a radial arm cutter, adapted to cut a hole in the existing pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Ray Rolland Ayers, Michael Hosokawa Dupre, Michael Lee Eckstein, Jack Everett Miller
  • External jet pump for dual gradient drilling
    Patent number: 8403059
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a jet pump assembly affixed to a riser string and to a blowout preventer. The jet pump assembly comprises a conduit and a sealing assembly configured to accelerate a drilling fluid's return flow by a power fluid delivered by an umbilical connected to the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Sunstone Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William James Hughes, Jack Everett Miller
  • External Jet Pump for Dual Gradient Drilling
    Publication number: 20110278014
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a jet pump assembly affixed to a riser string and to a blowout preventer. The jet pump assembly comprises a conduit and a sealing assembly configured to accelerate a drilling fluid's return flow by a power fluid delivered by an umbilical connected to the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: William James Hughes, Jack Everett Miller
  • SUBSEA HOT TAP SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100212754
    Abstract: A subsea hot-tapping system, comprising an existing pipeline; a hot-tap body fitted around the pipeline; and a fluid injected between the pipeline and the body. In some embodiments, the system also includes a radial arm cutter, adapted to cut a hole in the existing pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Ray Rolland Ayers, Michael Hosokawa Dupre, Michael Lee Eckstein, Jack Everett Miller