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).

  • Patent number: 9388642
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Lars Mangal, Lenny Sutherland, Russell Smith, Damon Roberts
  • Publication number: 20150315850
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Jørgen HALLUNDBÆK, Tomas Sune ANDERSEN, Lars MANGAL
  • Publication number: 20150218900
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: WELLTEC A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Hallundbæk, Lars Mangal, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Publication number: 20140102801
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: WELLTEC A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Hallundbæk, Lars Mangal
  • Publication number: 20130206419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: WELLTEC A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Hallundbaek, Lars Mangal
  • Publication number: 20110259115
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Damon Roberts, Rogerio Ramos, Lars Mangal
  • Publication number: 20110178730
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Lars Mangal, Lenny Sutherland, Russell Smith, Damon Roberts
  • Publication number: 20100059221
    Abstract: 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 de
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20080185153
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Smedstad, Yves Le Moign, Andrea Sbordone, Rene Schuurman, Pascal Paneta, Axel Destremau, Alan Johnston, Lars Mangal