Patents by Inventor Nigel James Palmer

Nigel James Palmer 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).

  • Patent number: 9316066
    Abstract: A subsea manifold-riser system is redeployed from a first production location to a second production location. A manifold module is lowered to the ocean floor at the first production location using a marine riser as a running tool by adding threaded pipe sections to the upper end of the marine riser. The manifold module is raised from the ocean floor at the first production location for redeployment at the second production location using the marine riser as a retrieval tool by removing threaded pipe sections from the upper end of the marine riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Adrian Armstrong MacMillan, Nigel James Palmer
  • Publication number: 20150107845
    Abstract: A subsea manifold-riser system is redeployed from a first production location to a second production location. A manifold module is lowered to the ocean floor at the first production location using a marine riser as a running tool by adding threaded pipe sections to the upper end of the marine riser. The manifold module is raised from the ocean floor at the first production location for redeployment at the second production location using the marine riser as a retrieval tool by removing threaded pipe sections from the upper end of the marine riser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Adrian Armstrong MacMillan, Nigel James Palmer
  • Publication number: 20140345299
    Abstract: Marine transportation of natural gas is disclosed, including: a) removing a free water stream and a condensate stream from the source of raw natural gas to produce a dew-pointed unsweetened natural gas stream at an offshore supply location; b) subjecting the dew-pointed unsweetened natural gas stream to a selected level of dehydration to produce a partially dehydrated unsweetened natural gas stream at the offshore supply location; and c) transporting at least a portion of the partially dehydrated unsweetened natural gas stream in a gas containment system onboard a gas carrier vessel from the offshore supply location as a feed source of natural gas to an acid gas removal facility or an LNG production facility located at an offloading location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: David Kirk, Adrian Armstrong Macmillan, Nigel James Palmer