Patents by Inventor Paul Lowell CONNELL

Paul Lowell CONNELL 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: 10156125
    Abstract: A bottom hole assembly (BHA) has a plug below a debris catcher and an optional telescoping joint. A cleaning tool is above the debris catcher with another cleaning tool further up the BHA that is designed to clean the riser that extends up from the BOP. The plug is spotted and released to commence the BOP cleaning and the riser cleaning. The cleaning tools can be reconfigured to allow through flow after the cleaning is done so that the rams can be closed around a drill collar and a pressure test take place. With the BHA above the BOP the rams can be closed against each other for another pressure test from above. In a variety of options for the method, the plug can be retrieved after released or left in the hole in the set position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: ARCHER OILTOOLS AS
    Inventors: Paul Lowell Connell, Lars Harald Norheim, Clarence Vaughn Griffin
  • Publication number: 20170241239
    Abstract: A bottom hole assembly (BHA) has a plug below a debris catcher and an optional telescoping joint. A cleaning tool is above the debris catcher with another cleaning tool further up the BHA that is designed to clean the riser that extends up from the BOP. The plug is spotted and released to commence the BOP cleaning and the riser cleaning. The cleaning tools can be reconfigured to allow through flow after the cleaning is done so that the rams can be closed around a drill collar and a pressure test take place. With the BHA above the BOP the rams can be closed against each other for another pressure test from above. In a variety of options for the method, the plug can be retrieved after released or left in the hole in the set position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: ARCHER OILTOOLS AS
    Inventors: Paul Lowell CONNELL, Lars Harald NORHEIM, Clarence Vaughn GRIFFIN
  • Publication number: 20170067313
    Abstract: A bottom hole assembly (BHA) enables a one trip procedure to set a bridge plug and release from that bridge plug with the BHA. A perforating gun is fired and a straddle tool above the gun in repositioned to wash the perforations as the opposed packer cups are moved along the perforations. At the end of the washing step a dropped ball closes a circulation port above the upper packer cups and the ball seat is blown out. A disconnect releases the lower part of the straddle tool with the lower packer cups that are uphole oriented. Cement can now be delivered past the upper packer cups and pressurized to squeeze the cement into the perforations using the upper cups to hold the pressure. Another ported sub above the upper cups has a port opened to prevent swabbing as the BHA is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: ARCHER OILTOOLS AS
    Inventors: Paul Lowell CONNELL, Lars Harald NORHEIM