Patents by Inventor Morten Sæther

Morten Sæther 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).

  • SUBSEA WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190162038
    Abstract: A method of installing or removing a subsea wellhead assembly is provided. The method comprising providing a suction anchor that in use acts as a subsea well foundation, wherein the suction anchor comprises an outer suction skirt; and an inner member, wherein the inner member comprises a high pressure wellhead housing; and installing or removing the suction anchor together with the high pressure wellhead housing on or from a seabed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY AS
    Inventors: Lorents REINÅS, Tore Geir WERNØ, Morten SÆTHER, Harald Sigurd NESSE
  • SUBSEA WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190128084
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly is provided. The subsea wellhead assembly comprises: a conductor; a subsea wellhead; and subsea riser system equipment mounted on the subsea wellhead; wherein the subsea riser system equipment is connected to the conductor such that forces can be transmitted from the subsea riser equipment to the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Per OSEN, Morten SÆTHER, Lorents REINÅS, Harald Sigurd NESSE
  • Riser recoil damping
    Patent number: 9334697
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a subsea well includes an upper riser part, a lower riser part, and a weak link coupling the upper and lower riser parts together; and a mechanism coupled between the upper and lower riser parts for damping recoil of the upper riser part following a breaking of the weak link, damping resulting from a plastic deformation of a component or components of the mechanism occurring as the upper and lower riser parts separate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Lorents Reinås, Tore Geir Wernø, Morten Sæther
  • RISER RECOIL DAMPING
    Publication number: 20140318804
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a subsea well and comprising an upper riser part, a lower riser part, and a weak link coupling the upper and lower riser parts together; and a mechanism coupled between the upper and lower riser parts for damping recoil of the upper riser part following a breaking of the weak link, damping resulting from a plastic deformation of a component or components of the mechanism occurring as the upper and lower riser parts separate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Lorents Reinås, Tore Geir Wernø, Morten Sæther