Patents by Inventor Peter Breese

Peter Breese 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: 8157015
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly that includes a wellhead housing, a production tree, a tubing hanger adapted to land in the wellhead assembly inside the wellhead housing, and a bore formed through the production tree having an inner diameter greater than the tubing hanger outer diameter. A hanger adapter may be included having an annular body disposed on the tubing hanger upper surface and a flange member projecting radially outward from the annular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Voss, David S. Christie, Peter Breese
  • Patent number: 8011436
    Abstract: A subsea well assembly has a tubing hanger that lands and seals in a wellhead housing. A tree block is lowered through the drilling riser into engagement with the tubing hanger. The tree block has a lower portion that inserts and latches into the bore of the wellhead housing. The drilling riser is disconnected, and a module is lowered onto the tree block, the module having a choke and controls for controlling the well. The master valve for production is the downhole safety valve in the tubing. The wing production valve is a ball valve located in the flow passage of the tree block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Christie, Robert Voss, Peter Breese
  • Publication number: 20090255682
    Abstract: A subsea wellhead assembly that includes a wellhead housing, a production tree, a tubing hanger adapted to land in the wellhead assembly inside the wellhead housing, and a bore formed through the production tree having an inner diameter greater than the tubing hanger outer diameter. A hanger adapter may be included having an annular body disposed on the tubing hanger upper surface and a flange member projecting radially outward from the annular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Voss, David S. Christie, Peter Breese
  • Publication number: 20080245529
    Abstract: A subsea well assembly has a tubing hanger that lands and seals in a wellhead housing. A tree block is lowered through the drilling riser into engagement with the tubing hanger. The tree block has a lower portion that inserts and latches into the bore of the wellhead housing. The drilling riser is disconnected, and a module is lowered onto the tree block, the module having a choke and controls for controlling the well. The master valve for production is the downhole safety valve in the tubing. The wing production valve is a ball valve located in the flow passage of the tree block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Christie, Robert Voss, Peter Breese
  • Patent number: 5129459
    Abstract: A flowline selector device has a housing with a single passage at the upper end and two or more passages at the lower end. A tube connects to the upper end and has a lower end that is offset from the axis of the housing. Reciprocating the tube up and down and rotating it causes the tube to index between the various ports in the lower end of the housing. The lower end of the tube stabs into cylindrical bores in each port. A piston located at the upper end of the tube cooperates with an orientation sleeve to cause the indexing and reciprocating movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: ABB Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Breese, Stanley Hosie
  • Patent number: 4869535
    Abstract: A well structure which includes a well housing having an upwardly facing internal shoulder and an internal recess below the shoulder, a tieback adapted to be landed on said housing internal shoulder and having an upper internal surface and a smaller lower internal surface with a shoulder therebetween, an actuator sleeve having an upper outer portion fitting closely within the upper internal surface of the tieback, a lower outer portion fitting closely with the lower internal surface of said tieback, a downwardly facing external shoulder between said lower and upper outer portions and a lower tapered surface tapering downwardly and inwardly, latch elements having upper and outer tapered surfaces mating with the lower tapered surface on said actuator sleeve, and a pressure compensating material position in the annulus between said shoulders and the upper internal surface of said tieback and the lower outer portion of said actuator sleeve so that downward movement of said actuator sleeve within said tieback is n
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1989
    Assignee: Cameron Iron Works USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Breese
  • Patent number: 4751836
    Abstract: An apparatus and method including a swaging die (10) with an internal cone-shaped bore section which will swage a pipe (14) forced into such die and form the cone section (30) on the pipe. Within the swaging die (10) is an insert/ejector plate (32) of a diameter to fit within the bore of the pipe (14) and wherein high pressure fluid directed through the insert/ejector plate (32) to the inside wall of the pipe (14) expands the pipe thus forming a longer, more acceptable, cone section (30) capable of providing more thread length for later threading operation. After the expansion pressure is relieved, the insert/ejector plate (32) is used to force the pipe (14) out of the swaging die (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1988
    Assignee: Vetco Gray Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Breese