Patents by Inventor Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura

Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura 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).

  • Deepwater low-rate appraisal production systems
    Patent number: 9551211
    Abstract: A method for appraising a deepwater well comprising: producing a first quantity of hydrocarbon from an undersea reservoir; transporting the first quantity of hydrocarbon to a floating vessel; off loading the first quantity of hydrocarbon from the vessel; producing a second quantity of hydrocarbon from the undersea reservoir; and transporting the second quantity of hydrocarbon to the floating vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Gerretsen, Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
  • TANDEM AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MOORING OFFLAODING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160236756
    Abstract: A mooring system comprising: an offshore structure comprising one or more hawsers; a vessel; a first mooring line; and a second mooring line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Arno Laurentius Michael VAN DEN HAAK, Stergios LIAPIS, Yile LI, Joao Paulo Juliao MATSUURA
  • DEEPWATER LOW-RATE APPRAISAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20160123131
    Abstract: A method for appraising a deepwater well comprising: producing a first quantity of hydrocarbon from an undersea reservoir; transporting the first quantity of hydrocarbon to a floating vessel; off loading the first quantity of hydrocarbon from the vessel; producing a second quantity of hydrocarbon from the undersea reservoir; and transporting the second quantity of hydrocarbon to the floating vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik GERRETSEN, Joao Paulo Juliao MATSUURA
  • SYSTEM FOR MOORING A PRODUCTION VESSEL
    Publication number: 20150031252
    Abstract: A system for mooring a floating production vessel comprising: two or more buoys anchored to the seafloor that are also connected directly to the floating production vessel; and one or more risers connected to at least one of the buoys that is also connected to one or more subsea wellheads or manifolds wherein the buoys are not connected to the floating vessel by a swivel and turret system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yile Li, Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura, Jan Hendrik Gerretsen
  • SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE FLOATING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20120114421
    Abstract: A floating system comprising a plurality of buoyant columns, a top portion of the columns extending above a water surface, and a bottom portion of the columns submerged in a body of water; a deck connected to the top portion of the columns; at least one pontoon connected to the bottom portion of at least two of the columns; a plurality of heave plates, each heave plate connected to the bottom portion of at least one of the columns; and a conduit connected to the deck and extending to a bottom of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Arno Laurentius Michael Van Den Haak, Yile Li, You Sun Li, Stergios Liapis, Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
  • Vessel mooring systems and methods
    Patent number: 8156884
    Abstract: A mooring system comprising a structure in a body of water; a vessel in the body of water; a first anchor in the body of water; a second anchor in the body of water; a first line connecting the first anchor and the vessel; a second line connecting the second anchor and the vessel; and a third line connecting the structure and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Hugo Antonio Corvalan San Martin, Yile Li, King Him Lo, Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura
  • VESSEL MOORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100212570
    Abstract: A mooring system comprising a structure in a body of water; a vessel in the body of water; a first anchor in the body of water; a second anchor in the body of water; a first line connecting the first anchor and the vessel; a second line connecting the second anchor and the vessel; and a third line connecting the structure and the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Hugo Antonio Corvalan San Martin, Yile Li, King Him Lo, Joao Paulo Juliao Matsuura