Patents by Inventor Neil Alleman

Neil Alleman 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).

  • System, apparatus, and method for dual-activity drilling
    Patent number: 9932785
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for running a tubular into a wellbore. The method includes attaching a first member of a lifting coupling to a first tubular, and attaching a second member of the lifting coupling to a second tubular. The second tubular extends downward through an opening of a rotary station. The method also includes connecting together the first and second members of the lifting coupling, such that a weight of the second tubular is transmitted via the lifting coupling to the first tubular. The method further includes lowering the lifting coupling, the second tubular, and at least a portion of the first tubular through the opening, and disconnecting the second member from the first member. The method additionally includes moving the second member of the lifting coupling and the second tubular laterally, away from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Frith, Neil Alleman, Robert L. Thibodeaux, Jeremy R. Angelle
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DUAL-ACTIVITY DRILLING
    Publication number: 20160153251
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for running a tubular into a wellbore. The method includes attaching a first member of a lifting coupling to a first tubular, and attaching a second member of the lifting coupling to a second tubular. The second tubular extends downward through an opening of a rotary station. The method also includes connecting together the first and second members of the lifting coupling, such that a weight of the second tubular is transmitted via the lifting coupling to the first tubular. The method further includes lowering the lifting coupling, the second tubular, and at least a portion of the first tubular through the opening, and disconnecting the second member from the first member. The method additionally includes moving the second member of the lifting coupling and the second tubular laterally, away from the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Benjamin Frith, Neil Alleman, Robert L. Thibodeaux, Jeremy R. Angelle