Patents by Inventor Marcio ALBUQUERQUE DE SOUZA

Marcio ALBUQUERQUE DE SOUZA 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: 20230115384
    Abstract: The present invention presents a system that allows mixing in a controlled way the streams exported by two-phase or three-phase separators, allowing the management of the phases according to the processing needs of the SPUs. The main idea is that the outlet streams of the subsea separation modules can be routed to different SPUs in order to optimize the processing capacity of the surface plant. It is capable of manipulating in real time process parameters such as GLR (Gas-Liquid Ratio), or GOR (Gas-Oil Ratio) or Water Cut (amount of water in oil) to generate the multiphase streams required by each SPU, using the own autogenous pressure of the process to carry out this adjustment, that is, without the need for pressure raising systems or artificial lifting (pumps, compressors, gas lift, etc.) of the export streams of the system. This is possible by means of a crossflow injection control system between the phases. However, the possibility of using pressure raising systems (pumps, compressors, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Fabio Cesar Diehl, Fabio Alves Albuquerque, Tatiane Oliveira Machado, Juliana Pereira Silva, Luiz Carlos Tosta Da Silva, Daniel Greco Duarte, Antonio Marcos Fonseca Bidart, Daniel Leite Lima, Fabricio Soares Da Silva, Marcio Albuquerque De Souza
  • Publication number: 20210363881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the monitoring of disconnected subsea oil wells. In this scenario, the present invention provides a system for monitoring disconnected wells comprising (i) means for acquiring and processing (12) monitoring data from the WCT (20) and/or from the well, the means for acquiring and processing (12) being connected to the sensors of the WCT (20) and/or of the well, (ii) means for verifying (12) the monitoring data from the WCT (20) and/or from the well and comparing them with predetermined values, and (iii) means for signaling (14, 16) designed to send at least one signal in the event an abnormality is detected through comparison of the data with the predetermined values. The present invention further provides a method associated with the above-mentioned system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: PETRĂ“LEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
    Inventors: Marcos Vinicius DA SILVA NOBREGA, Marcio ALBUQUERQUE DE SOUZA, Hugo Francisco LISBOA SANTOS, Cedric HERNALSTEENS