Patents by Inventor Jim Wodehouse

Jim Wodehouse 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).

  • Offshore gas recovery
    Patent number: 8141645
    Abstract: During an Extended Well Test or Early Floating Production at an offshore hydrocarbon production site, where oil and gas hydrocarbons are produced by a production vessel, applicant stores the natural gas as pressured gas in a storage tank and occasionally transfers the pressured gas to a shuttle vessel which carries the gas to a site where it is used, as by pumping it into a natural gas pipeline. The transfer of natural gas to the shuttle can be accomplished by pumping it through a conduit extending between the vessels to a second tank on the shuttle, or can be accomplished by moving a gas-filled tank on the production vessel to the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Single Buoy Moorings, Inc.
    Inventors: Leendert Poldervaart, Jim Wodehouse
  • Offshore gas recovery
    Publication number: 20100175884
    Abstract: During an Extended Well Test or Early Floating Production at an offshore hydrocarbon production site, where oil and gas hydrocarbons are produced by a production vessel, applicant stores the natural gas as pressured gas in a storage tank and occasionally transfers the pressured gas to a shuttle vessel which carries the gas to a site where it is used, as by pumping it into a natural gas pipeline. The transfer of natural gas to the shuttle can be accomplished by pumping it through a conduit extending between the vessels to a second tank on the shuttle, or can be accomplished by moving a gas-filled tank on the production vessel to the shuttle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Leendert Poldervaart, Jim Wodehouse