Patents by Inventor Prasad Karunakaran

Prasad Karunakaran 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: 11319769
    Abstract: A multi-intervention blowout preventer includes a body having a bore therethrough. A first pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a ram, a catcher, and a blade operationally connected to the bore via a first pair of openings in the body. The ram, the catcher, and the blade may cut a flexible line extending through the bore while holding the flexible line. A second pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a second pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a second pair of openings in the body to seal around a tubular. A third pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a third pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a third pair of openings in the body to seal the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Bandar S. Almalki, Mohammed Yousef AlDaif, Ali E. Aldossary, Prasad Karunakaran
  • Publication number: 20210340832
    Abstract: A multi-intervention blowout preventer includes a body having a bore therethrough. A first pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a ram, a catcher, and a blade operationally connected to the bore via a first pair of openings in the body. The ram, the catcher, and the blade may cut a flexible line extending through the bore while holding the flexible line. A second pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a second pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a second pair of openings in the body to seal around a tubular. A third pair of ram blocks may be coupled to the body and include a third pair of rams operationally connected to the bore via a third pair of openings in the body to seal the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: SAUDAI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Bandar S. Almalki, Mohammed Yousef AlDaif, Ali E. Aldossary, Prasad Karunakaran
  • Patent number: 10982538
    Abstract: A downhole testing assembly includes a cylindrical body with a central bore extending between a first, uphole end of the cylindrical body and a second, downhole end opposite the first, uphole end of the cylindrical body; an open hole packer to engage and seal against an open hole surface of the wellbore to define a first open-hole zone of the wellbore downhole of the open hole packer; a first cased hole packer to engage and seal against a first portion of a casing of the wellbore to define a second open-hole zone of the wellbore between the first cased hole packer and the open hole packer; and a second cased hole packer to engage and seal against a second portion of the casing uphole of the first portion to define a cased zone of the wellbore between the second cased hole packer and the first cased hole packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Shrikant Tiwari, Prasad Karunakaran
  • Publication number: 20190284933
    Abstract: A downhole testing assembly includes a cylindrical body with a central bore extending between a first, uphole end of the cylindrical body and a second, downhole end opposite the first, uphole end of the cylindrical body; an open hole packer to engage and seal against an open hole surface of the wellbore to define a first open-hole zone of the wellbore downhole of the open hole packer; a first cased hole packer to engage and seal against a first portion of a casing of the wellbore to define a second open-hole zone of the wellbore between the first cased hole packer and the open hole packer; and a second cased hole packer to engage and seal against a second portion of the casing uphole of the first portion to define a cased zone of the wellbore between the second cased hole packer and the first cased hole packer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Shrikant Tiwari, Prasad Karunakaran