Patents by Inventor Lars Mangal
Lars Mangal 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).
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Patent number: 9388642Abstract: A flexible pipe fatigue monitoring system 30 comprising a pipe monitoring system 32, 40, 42 adapted to be provided on a flexible pipe 10 having a bend stiffener 18. The pipe monitoring system 40, 42 is provided on the pipe 10 below the bend stiffener 18. The monitoring system 32 measures one or more of bending, tension and torsion of the pipe 10. The pipe monitoring system 30 comprises sensor carrier members 40, 42 adapted to be coupled to the pipe 10 and at least one fiber Bragg grating strain sensor embedded in a carrier member 40, 42. An inclinometer 34 is provided on one carrier member 40 to measure the incline of the pipe 10 relative to earth. A central processor 38 is provided to receive bending, tension and torsion information and incline information, and is operable to determine pipe fatigue from said information. A method of flexible pipe fatigue monitoring is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Lars Mangal, Lenny Sutherland, Russell Smith, Damon Roberts
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Publication number: 20150315850Abstract: A downhole tool (1) for insertion into a casing (2) having a lateral (3) extending from a main casing, the ma in casing having a first diameter (D1) and the lateral having a second diameter (D2), the first diameter being larger than the second diameter, the downhole tool comprising a tool body having a first tool end and a second tool end and a tool width, a wire-line (8) connected with the first end of the tool body, a wireline guide device (9) arranged at least partly around the wireline, wherein the wireline is movably arranged with in the wireline guide device, and the guide device is releasably connected (activated by 25) with the tool body. The present invention furthermore relates to a downhole system and to a method for guiding a wireline of a downhole tool as described above.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Jørgen HALLUNDBÆK, Tomas Sune ANDERSEN, Lars MANGAL
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Publication number: 20150218900Abstract: The present invention relates to a downhole system for performing an operation in a well downhole. The system comprises an elongated tubing string (3) for conducting fluid in the well; a turbine (7) driven by the fluid for driving a shaft (8); a generator (9) driven by the turbine by means of the shaft, a fluid-driven driving section (5) comprising a pump (6) driven by the fluid supplied through the shaft for propelling the fluid-driven driving section and the tubing string forward in the well, and an electrically driven driving section (10) comprising an electrical motor (11) powered by the generator (9) for propelling the driving section and the tubing string forward in the well, wherein the fluid-driven driving section (5) is arranged between the generator (9) and the electrically driven driving section (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: WELLTEC A/SInventors: Jørgen Hallundbæk, Lars Mangal, Ricardo Reves Vasques
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Publication number: 20140102801Abstract: The present invention relates to a formation penetrating tool submersible into a casing in a well for hydraulically penetrating a formation and having a longitudinal tool axis, comprising a tool housing, a supply hose, slidable in the tool housing, for supplying a high pressurised fluid to a nozzle, and the tool housing having an opening through which the supply hose and the nozzle are led to penetrate the formation, wherein the formation penetrating tool further comprises a pump arranged in the tool housing, the pump being in fluid communication with the supply hose for providing a jet of fluid out of the nozzle for penetrating the formation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole system comprising a formation penetrating tool according to the invention and to a method for hydraulically penetrating a formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: WELLTEC A/SInventors: Jørgen Hallundbæk, Lars Mangal
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Publication number: 20130206419Abstract: The present invention relates to a blowout preventer for being mounted on a well head, comprising a plurality of valves arranged in fluid communication with each other, connected and forming a tubular pipe. Furthermore, the invention relates to a launcher system, a well intervention module, a well intervention system and a well system.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2011Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: WELLTEC A/SInventors: Jørgen Hallundbaek, Lars Mangal
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Publication number: 20110259115Abstract: A system and method for measuring loads on a pipe, including a pair of collars that can be secured around the outer surface of the pipe to be monitored in an axially spaced relationship; and a connecting element having a strain gauge is fixed to the collars such that when the collars are secured to the pipe, the connecting element is arranged to measure distortion of the pipe due to applied loads, wherein the ends of the connecting element are attached to the collars such that when the collars are secured to the pipe, the ends of the connecting element are fixed against axial and circumferential movement relative to the pipe. The system includes the apparatus mounted on a pipe, such as a flexible pipe, in a subsea oil or gas installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Damon Roberts, Rogerio Ramos, Lars Mangal
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Publication number: 20110178730Abstract: A flexible pipe fatigue monitoring system 30 comprising a pipe monitoring system 32, 40, 42 adapted to be provided on a flexible pipe 10 having a bend stiffener 18. The pipe monitoring system 40, 42 is provided on the pipe 10 below the bend stiffener 18. The monitoring system 32 measures one or more of bending, tension and torsion of the pipe 10. The pipe monitoring system 30 comprises sensor carrier members 40, 42 adapted to be coupled to the pipe 10 and at least one fibre Bragg grating strain sensor embedded in a carrier member 40, 42. An inclinometer 34 is provided on one carrier member 40 to measure the incline of the pipe 10 relative to earth. A central processor 38 is provided to receive bending, tension and torsion information and incline information, and is operable to determine pipe fatigue from said information. A method of flexible pipe fatigue monitoring is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2009Publication date: July 21, 2011Inventors: Lars Mangal, Lenny Sutherland, Russell Smith, Damon Roberts
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Publication number: 20100059221Abstract: Subsea apparatus and a method for sampling and analysing fluid from a subsea fluid flowline proximate a subsea well is provided, wherein the apparatus comprises at least one housing located in close proximity to said subsea fluid flowline; at least one fluid sampling device located in the housing in fluid communication with a said subsea fluid flowline for obtaining a sample of fluid from the subsea fluid flowline; at least one fluid processing apparatus located in the housing in fluid communication with said subsea fluid flowline for receiving and processing a portion of the fluid flowing through said fluid flowline or in fluid communication with the fluid sampling device, for processing the sample of fluid obtained from the subsea fluid flowline for analysis, while keeping the sample of fluid at subsea conditions; a fluid analysis device located in the housing, the fluid analysis device being in fluid communication with the fluid processing device and/or with the fluid sampling device, the fluid analysis deType: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Stephane Vannuffelen, Ricardo Vasques, Tsutomu Yamate, Akira Kamiya, Kentaro Indo, Gary Oddie, Jonathan Machin, Julie Morgan, Morten Stenhaug, Graham Birkett, Oliver C. Mullins, Lars Mangal, Pascal Panetta
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Publication number: 20080185153Abstract: A technique improves the capabilities and performance of subsea intervention operations. An intervention vessel is coupled with a subsea well system via a compliant guide. The structure and arrangement of the compliant guide enables passage of a variety of intervention tools and a variety of conveyance mechanisms to facilitate performance of intervention operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Eric Smedstad, Yves Le Moign, Andrea Sbordone, Rene Schuurman, Pascal Paneta, Axel Destremau, Alan Johnston, Lars Mangal