Patents by Inventor Robert Lance Cook

Robert Lance Cook 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: 7086475
    Abstract: A method of inserting a tubular member into a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Robert Lance Cook
  • Patent number: 7077211
    Abstract: A method of creating a casing in a borehole located in a subterranean formation including: supporting a tubular liner and an expansion device in the borehole using a support member; injecting fluidic material into the borehole; pressurizing an interior region of the expansion device; displacing a portion of the expansion device relative to the support member and the tubular liner in the longitudinal direction; and radially expanding the tubular liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell
  • Patent number: 7077213
    Abstract: An expansion cone for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Patent number: 7063142
    Abstract: A method of applying an axial force to a first piston positioned within a first piston chamber including applying an axial force to the first piston using a second piston positioned within the first piston chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Patent number: 7055608
    Abstract: A wellbore casing is formed simultaneously with the drilling out of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell
  • Patent number: 7048067
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing a wellbore casing (100). An opening (115) in a wellbore casing (100) is located using a logging tool (310). An expandable tubular member (370) is then positioned in opposition to the opening (115) in the wellbore casing (100). The expandable tubular member (370) is then radially expanded into intimate contact with the wellbore casing (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David P. Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Reece E. Wyant, Lev Ring, James Jang Woo Nahm, Richard Haut, Robert D. Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Kenneth Michael Cowan, William Joseph Dean
  • Patent number: 7044218
    Abstract: An apparatus for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Patent number: 7044221
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Patent number: 7040396
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling two elements including an outer tubular member defining one or more outer tubular member slots, an inner tubular member defining one or more inner tubular member slots positioned within the outer tubular member, and a coupling assembly for releasably coupling the outer tubular member to the inner tubular member, including a tubular coupling body movably coupled to the inner tubular member, a coupling arm extending from the tubular coupling body, and a coupling element extending from the coupling arm, the coupling element adapted to mate with at least one outer tubular member slot and at least one inner tubular member slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Patent number: 7036582
    Abstract: An expansion cone for radially expanding tubular members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Patent number: 7021390
    Abstract: A method for expanding tubulars including providing an expandable tubing and a larger diameter tubing, wherein the larger diameter tubing has an expandable, tapering end portion; coupling an end portion of the expandable tubing to the expandable tapering end portion of the larger diameter tubing; running the connected tubing into a bore; and expanding the expandable tubing. Prior to the expanding of the expandable tubing, a wall thickness of the end portion of the expandable tubing coupled to the expandable tapering end portion of the larger diameter tubing is less than a wall thickness of another end portion of the expandable tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack
  • Patent number: 6976541
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming or repairing a wellbore casing, a pipeline, or a structural support. An expandable tubular member is radially expanded and plastically deformed by an expansion cone that is displaced by hydraulic pressure. Before or after the radial expansion of the expandable tubular member, a sliding sleeve valve within the apparatus permit a hardenable fluidic sealing material to be injected into an annulus between the expandable tubular member and a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Paul Brisco, Edwin Arnold Zwald, Jr., Chan Daigle, Gregory Noel, William J. Dean, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Ronald D. Nida, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Kevin K. Waddell, William Rusty Stephenson, Rune T. Gusevik
  • Patent number: 6968618
    Abstract: An expandable threaded connection includes a first tubular member, a second tubular member and a threaded connection for coupling the tubular members that includes one or more sealing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell, Andrei Gregory Filippov
  • Patent number: 6966370
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first tubular member; a second tubular member positioned within and coupled to the first tubular member; a first annular piston chamber defined by the space between the first and second tubular members; an annular piston movably coupled to the second tubular member and positioned within the first annular piston chamber; and a third tubular member for receiving the first and second tubular members coupled to the first tubular member. The third tubular member comprises a radially expandable and plastically deformable tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Publication number: 20050150098
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation to the first tubular member. The second tubular member and the overlapping portion of the first tubular member are then radially expanded again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, Edwin Zwald, Andrei Gregory Filippov, Kevin Waddell
  • Patent number: 6892819
    Abstract: An apparatus including a support member, the support member including a first fluid passage, a mandrel coupled to the support member, the mandrel including: a second fluid passage, a tubular member coupled to the mandrel, and shoe coupled to the tubular liner, the shoe including a third fluid passage, and a drilling assembly coupled to the shoe, wherein the first, second and third fluid passages and the drilling assembly are operably coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R. Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Andrei Filippov, Alan B. Duell
  • Patent number: 6857473
    Abstract: A method of coupling a tubular member to a preexisting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, Lev Ring, Michael Bullock
  • Publication number: 20040262014
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring
  • Publication number: 20040251034
    Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. A tubular liner and an expansion cone are positioned within a new section of a wellbore with the tubular liner in an overlapping relationship with a pre-existing casing. A hardenable fluidic material is injected into the new section of the wellbore below the level of the expansion cone and into the annular region between the tubular liner and the new section of the wellbore. The inner and outer regions of the tubular liner are then fluidicly isolated. A non hardenable fluidic material is then injected into a portion of an interior region of the tubular liner to pressurize the portion of the interior region of the tubular liner below the expansion cone. The tubular liner is then extruded off of the expansion cone. The overlapping portion of the pre-existing casing and the tubular liner are then radially expanded using an expansion cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Larry Kendziora, Robert Lance Cook, Lev Ring, David Paul Brisco
  • Publication number: 20040244968
    Abstract: A tubular member is expanded by pressurizing an interior region within the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Lance Cook, David Paul Brisco, R Bruce Stewart, Lev Ring, Richard Carl Haut, Robert Donald Mack, Alan B. Duell