Patents by Inventor Oivind Godager

Oivind Godager 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: 8689621
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to monitor parameters outside the wellbore casing of a well includes a Wireless Sensor Unit located outside a section of a non-magnetic casing of the well. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes a sensor device to measure parameters of the surroundings. The apparatus further includes an internal Sensor Energizer Unit inside the wellbore casing used for power and communication with the Wireless Sensor Unit. The Sensor Energizer Unit and the Wireless Sensor Unit are arranged to be at the same elevation, and they communicate data using electromagnetic modulation techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 8683859
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to provide monitoring of pressure outside the wellbore casing of a well in which a Wireless Sensor Unit is placed externally of a section of non-magnetic casing. An internal Sensor Energizer Unit is placed inside the wellbore casing. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes one or more sensors to measure the pressure and/or temperature of the surroundings. The Wireless Sensor Unit and the Sensor Energizer Unit communicate using electromagnetic modulation techniques, and the Wireless Sensor Unit may be powered by means of power harvesting from the Sensor Energizer Unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20130110402
    Abstract: Apparatus for in-situ wellbore measurements, said apparatus comprising one or more sensors arranged outside a wellbore, one or more actuators associated with the sensors, an electromagnetic transceiver situated inside a non-magnetic portion of wellbore conduit and mounted on an electric-line logging cable, a downhole interface unit also located on the electric-line cable for controlling communication to the apparatus. Also a method of in-situ wellbore measurements using said apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: SENSOR DEVELOPMENTS AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20130090856
    Abstract: Apparatus for calculating service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools comprising one or more sensors, power means, control means and wireless connectivity means. Also a method of the measuring and calculating the service life expectancy of wellbore intervention tools using this apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20120306581
    Abstract: A quartz transducer having four or more crystal-controlled oscillators intended for measurement of applied pressure and temperature. All four oscillators are controlled by crystal quartz resonators operating in the thickness-shear mode. Two crystals measure the pressure and temperature respectively. A third crystal is a reference, and the fourth crystal may be another reference crystal or a second temperature crystal. The output of the latter is either phase leading or phase lagging the thermal response of the main temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 8258975
    Abstract: A system for communicating with downhole tools and devices is disclosed. The system includes multiple communication devices which, in combination, permit operators at the surface to operate downhole tools and to receive feedback regarding the state of the tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Well Technology
    Inventors: Bard Martin Tinnen, Oivind Godager, Havar Sortveit
  • Publication number: 20120024050
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to monitor parameters outside the wellbore casing of a well includes a Wireless Sensor Unit located outside a section of a non-magnetic casing of the well. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes a sensor device to measure parameters of the surroundings. The apparatus further includes an internal Sensor Energizer Unit inside the wellbore casing used for power and communication with the Wireless Sensor Unit. The Sensor Energizer Unit and the Wireless Sensor Unit are arranged to be at the same elevation, and they communicate data using electromagnetic modulation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Sensor Developments AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20120017673
    Abstract: An apparatus and method to provide monitoring of pressure outside the wellbore casing of a well in which a Wireless Sensor Unit is placed externally of a section of non-magnetic casing. An internal Sensor Energizer Unit is placed inside the wellbore casing. The Wireless Sensor Unit includes one or more sensors to measure the pressure and/or temperature of the surroundings. The Wireless Sensor Unit and the Sensor Energizer Unit communicate using electromagnetic modulation techniques, and the Wireless Sensor Unit may be powered by means of power harvesting from the Sensor Energizer Unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Publication number: 20090115624
    Abstract: A system for communicating with downhole tools and devices is disclosed. The system includes multiple communication devices which, in combination, permit operators at the surface to operate downhole tools and to receive feedback regarding the state of the tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Applicant: Well Technology AS
    Inventors: Bard Martin Tinnen, Oivind Godager, Havar Sortveit