Patents by Inventor Keith Birch

Keith Birch 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: 11131178
    Abstract: A system and a method for seawater pre-treatment and injection are disclosed. The seawater pre-treatment and injection system comprises at least one subsea water well connectable to a seawater injection system comprising at least a water injection pump in flow communication with a water injection well, wherein the subsea water well is made as a hole into a groundwater holding strata under the mud-line with a water permeable or non-permeable completion using the seafloor soil for filtration, with an inner tubing connectable to the seawater injection system via a valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: VETCO GRAY SCANDINAVIA AS
    Inventors: Jose Luis Plasencia, Keith Birch
  • Publication number: 20180058185
    Abstract: A system and a method for seawater pre-treatment and injection are disclosed. The seawater pre-treatment and injection system comprises at least one subsea water well connectable to a seawater injection system comprising at least a water injection pump in flow communication with a water injection well, wherein the subsea water well is made as a hole into a groundwater holding strata under the mud-line with a water permeable or non-permeable completion using the seafloor soil for filtration, with an inner tubing connectable to the seawater injection system via a valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jose Luis PLASENCIA, Keith BIRCH
  • Patent number: 4979687
    Abstract: A cable reeling apparatus includes a plurality of reeling stations, a reel at each reeling station and a winding mechanism at each station for winding a cable onto the reel at the same station. The apparatus further includes a guide mechanism for selectively guiding the cable onto a first one of the reels and for transferring winding to a second reel when a sufficient length of cable has been wound on the first reel. The apparatus further includes an eccentric at each station for generating a loop in the cable when winding is commenced at a station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: Francis Shaw & Company (Manchester) Limited
    Inventor: Keith Birch