Patents by Inventor Leif Harald Pettersen

Leif Harald Pettersen 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).

  • Publication number: 20110240305
    Abstract: A floating arrangement is provided for overhauling hydrocarbon wells at sea by means of coiled tubing, where the floating arrangement comprises a drill floor and a work deck which is arranged in an opening in the drill floor. The floating arrangement comprises a first set of heave-compensating devices which are arranged for connection to a slip joint connected to a riser in such a manner that an approximately constant tension in the riser can be maintained when the floating arrangement moves in the water. The floating arrangement further comprises a second set of heave-compensating devices which are arranged for connection to the work deck in such a manner that the work deck is at an approximately constant distance from the seabed when the work deck can move relative to the drill floor and the floating arrangement moves in the water. The invention also comprises a method for overhauling hydrocarbon wells at sea from a floating arrangement by means of a coiled tubing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Per Herbert Kristensen, Lars Martin Sørhaug, Leif Harald Pettersen, Knut A. Sveen
  • Patent number: 7857001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system to transfer fluid via at least one pipeline from one structure to another structure (such as a platform P and a vessel v respectively), in which one of the structures has an offloading arm 5 which is movable in to planes perpendicular to each other and in which a part of the offloading arm remote from the one structure is engagable with the other structure, so to allow linear and rotational movements between the structures. The pipeline along the offloading arm is configured to compensate for movements between the two structures in the longitudinal direction of the offloading arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Moss Maratime AC
    Inventors: Per Herbert Kristensen, Bjørn R. Lien, Per Erik Christiansen, Leif Harald Pettersen, Alexander Areshev
  • Patent number: 6470969
    Abstract: An arrangement on a floating device for overhauling offshore hydrocarbon wells comprises a drill floor for conducting the overhaul, where the drill floor is provided with an opening. A vertically movable working deck can be inserted into the opening, and is provided with an attachment for a riser which extends from a well to the working deck. The working deck is suspended in the floating device by riser tensioners in order to maintain approximately constant tension in the riser during vertical movement of the floating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Moss Maritime AS
    Inventors: Lars Martin Sørhaug, Leif Harald Pettersen, Per Herbert Kristensen