Patents by Inventor Robert Nicholas Worrall

Robert Nicholas Worrall 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: 6619402
    Abstract: A system for enhancing fluid flow into and through a hydrocarbon fluid production well comprising a series of flow boosters, such as electrically or hydraulically driven moineau-type pumps or centrifugal pumps or turbines, for controlling and/or boosting fluid flow from various regions of a drainhole section of the well into a production tubing within the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Marc Emmanuel Amory, Roelof Daling, Carlos Alberto Glandt, Robert Nicholas Worrall
  • Patent number: 6464001
    Abstract: A wellbore system is provided, the wellbore including a main wellbore extending into an earth formation, a branch wellbore extending from a selected location of the main wellbore into the earth formation and a casing arranged in the main wellbore. A branching device is arranged in the casing and connected to a conduit extending through the casing to a wellbore facility at surface, the branching device having a main bore in fluid communication with the wellbore facility via the conduit, and a branch bore providing fluid communication between the main bore and the branch wellbore via a window opening provided in the casing. A seal is provided between said body and the inner surface of the casing so as to prevent fluid communication between the window opening and the interior of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Stephen Richard Braithwaite, Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Robert Nicholas Worrall
  • Patent number: 6380476
    Abstract: A device for generating electric power in a wellbore formed in an earth formation, the wellbore being provided with a conduit for passage of a stream of hydrocarbon fluid produced from the earth formation, the power generator comprising a mandrel adapted to be incorporated in the conduit, the mandrel being provided with a side pocket arranged to receive a thermoelectric power generator having a first wall in thermal contact with the stream of hydrocarbon fluid and a second wall in thermal contact with the earth formation surrounding the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, John Foreman Stewart, Robert Nicholas Worrall