Patents by Inventor Martin OLIPHANT

Martin OLIPHANT 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).

  • Apparatus and method for downhole data acquisition and or monitoring
    Patent number: 11008854
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for downhole data acquisition and/or monitoring is configured to be disposed within a completion (12) and comprises a hanger (36) configured to latch into a control line spool (38), a retrofit valve (40) for location within the subsurface safety valve (16) of the completion (12), and a sensing arrangement (42) including an optical fiber line (44). In use, the apparatus (10) is configured to be run into the completion (12) and is operable to provide data acquisition and/or monitoring capability in the well, including up or near total depth and in particular but not exclusively in the region of the well subjected to an intervention operation, such as a chemical injection operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Weatherford U.K. Limited
    Inventors: Martin Oliphant, Keith Adams
  • Downhole artificial lift system
    Patent number: 10677028
    Abstract: A downhole artificial lift system comprises a production string for communicating fluid from a downhole location towards surface, a pump arrangement in communication with the production string for pumping fluid along the production string towards surface, and a gas lift arrangement deployed within the production string for delivering a lift gas into the production string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford U.K. Limited
    Inventor: Martin Oliphant
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DOWNHOLE DATA ACQUISITION AND OR MONITORING
    Publication number: 20190301275
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for downhole data acquisition and/or monitoring is configured to be disposed within a completion (12) and comprises a hanger (36) configured to latch into a control line spool (38), a retrofit valve (40) for location within the subsurface safety valve (16) of the completion (12), and a sensing arrangement (42) including an optical fiber line (44). In use, the apparatus (10) is configured to be run into the completion (12) and is operable to provide data acquisition and/or monitoring capability in the well, including up or near total depth and in particular but not exclusively in the region of the well subjected to an intervention operation, such as a chemical injection operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Martin OLIPHANT, Keith ADAMS
  • Downhole Artificial Lift System
    Publication number: 20190078421
    Abstract: A downhole artificial lift system comprises a production string for communicating fluid from a downhole location towards surface, a pump arrangement in communication with the production string for pumping fluid along the production string towards surface, and a gas lift arrangement deployed within the production string for delivering a lift gas into the production string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Martin OLIPHANT