Patents by Inventor Phillip E. Abshire

Phillip E. Abshire 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).

  • Publication number: 20140360613
    Abstract: A screen assembly including a tubular screen member, an instrumentation line disposed at an outer radial surface of the tubular screen member and a shape-change element disposed radially outwardly of the instrumentation line. The shape-change element is configured to change in radial dimension in response to exposure to a corresponding stimulus in order to increasingly clamp the instrumentation line against the outer radial surface of the tubular screen member when transitioning from a first shape to a second shape. The shape-change element protects the instrumentation line radially between the tubular screen component and the shape-change element along an entire axial length of the shape-change element. A method of monitoring a borehole completion is also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Phillip E. Abshire, Tyrone P. Dominique, Randall V. Guest
  • Patent number: 8438918
    Abstract: An apparatus for the testing of downhole an injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pressure foot test block, and means for introducing pressure at a desired level. The injection sub test block, pressure foot, pressure foot test block are interchangeably engageable with the injection sub for testing in a sequence to allow the pre-testing of the connections of components of the injection assembly at the surface of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Inventor: Phillip E. Abshire
  • Patent number: 8082781
    Abstract: An apparatus for the testing of downhole an injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string is disclosed. The apparatus is comprised an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pressure foot test block, and means for introducing pressure at a desired level. The injection sub test block, pressure foot, pressure foot test block are interchangeably engageable with the injection sub for testing in a sequence to allow the pre-testing of the connections of components of the injection assembly at the surface of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Phillip E. Abshire
  • Patent number: 7987708
    Abstract: An apparatus for the testing of downhole a injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string. The apparatus is comprised an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pressure foot test block, and means for introducing pressure at a desired level. The injection sub test block, pressure foot, pressure foot test block are interchangeably engageable with the injection sub for testing in a sequence to allow the pre-testing of the connections of components of the injection assembly at the surface of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventor: Phillip E. Abshire
  • Publication number: 20100303427
    Abstract: A method for imaging a structure disposed in a borehole penetrating the earth, the method including: selecting a splice housing having a first port configured to seal the housing to a first fiber optic cable and a second port configured to seal the housing to a fiber optic sensor configured to image the structure, wherein the housing includes a sealed interior volume sufficient to contain a splice of optical fibers for protection and to enable a functional bend of at least ninety degrees for at least one spliced optical fiber; disposing a splice between an optical fiber of the first fiber optic cable and an optical fiber of the fiber optic sensor in the splice housing; disposing the splice housing containing the splice in the borehole; attaching the fiber optic sensor to the structure; and disposing the structure in the borehole after the splice housing is disposed in the borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Frederick Henry Kreisler Rambow, Brad W. Davis, Brooks Childers, Travis Hall, Phillip E. Abshire
  • Patent number: 7716979
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the testing of downhole a injection assembly prior to installation of the injection assembly in the completion string comprising an injection tubing, an injection sub, an injection valve, an injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pressure foot test block, and means for introducing pressure at a desired level, the injection sub test block, a pressure foot, a pressure foot test block being interchangeably engageable with the injection sub for testing in a sequence to allow the pre-testing of the connections of components of the injection assembly at the surface of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Phillip E. Abshire