Patents by Inventor Scott Vander Velde

Scott Vander Velde 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: 10480275
    Abstract: A tool and method to remove sand and other types of solid particulate materials and fluids from wellbores and conduits, resulting from well-drilling, well-production or both, and consequently to reactivate well production. The modular tool, composed of different subsystems, is connected to the end of concentric coil tubing, operates promoting the aggregates disintegration by using a spiral jet to impact these solids and suctioning the small particles and well fluids, simultaneously or later, by using jet pumps based on a set of several venturis. Changes between different operation modes are imposed by modifying surface pump pressure levels and the tool does not need to be removed from the wellbore between different stages, reducing the overall operation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OIL & GAS TECH ENTERPRISES C.V.
    Inventors: Scott Vander Velde, Richard Castellano, Andrés Oliveros, Miguel Ochoa
  • Patent number: 10378297
    Abstract: A coiled tubing venturi junk basket tool retrieves junk, debris and/or wireline from a wellbore. A collection housing or waste basket is removeably coupled to the venturi body. The collection housing (waste basket) is customizable for volume, hole diameter and the type of junk and debris retrieved. An elastomeric trap is used to retain junk and debris in the collection housing. The collection housing is also interchangeable with a grab housing for retrieving wireline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Oil & Gas Tech Enterprises C.V.
    Inventor: Scott Vander Velde
  • Publication number: 20190178064
    Abstract: The gas lift accelerator is a method and a downhole apparatus based on the principle of the jet pump to allow the extraction of reservoir fluids up to high API grade with low or no reservoir pressure, at any depth, by injecting available gas in the oil field, allowing the flexibility of operation on diverse well completion configurations like sliding sleeve type and gas lift mandrels, complementing the operating when other methods like traditional gas lift procedures or hydraulic fluid jet pumps are not effective. The gas lift method includes the use of downhole and surface metering data to optimize the operation of the gas lift accelerator apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Vander Velde, Helimenas Dominguez, Abdon Aranguren
  • Publication number: 20180283118
    Abstract: A coiled tubing venturi junk basket tool is described The coiled tubing venturi junk basket tool retrieves junk, debris and/or wireline from a wellbore. A collection housing or waste basket is removeably coupled to the venturi body. The collection housing (waste basket) is customizable for volume, hole diameter and the type of junk and debris retrieved. An elastomeric trap is used to retain junk and debris in the collection housing. The collection housing is also interchangeable with a grab housing for retrieving wireline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Scott Vander Velde
  • Publication number: 20180169674
    Abstract: A wash nozzle assembly for comprising a cylindrical nozzle body component having a proximal end with a demountable coupling device for engaging a supply of high-speed fluid, and a distal end; a cylindrical nozzle tip component having a proximal end for demountable coupling with the distal end of the cylindrical nozzle body, and a conical distal end, said conical distal end having at least one orifice; at least one O-ring mounted onto the distal end of the cylindrical nozzle body; a swirl plate mounted into a juncture of the cylindrical nozzle body and the cylindrical nozzle tip component, the swirl plate having at least one channel therethrough; and a three-dimensional flow interrupter component housed within the cylindrical nozzle tip component. The wash nozzle assembly can be demountable engaged with an end of coiled tubing for cleaning and washing debris from a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Scott VANDER VELDE
  • Publication number: 20180010416
    Abstract: A tool and method based on proven technologies, to remove sand and other types of solid particulate materials and fluids from wellbores and conduits, resulting from well-drilling, well-production or both, and consequently to reactivate well production. As time passes, solid aggregates are consolidated, plugging the wellbore, so they can be removed following two stages: disintegration in small particles and its further transport to surface. The tool, modular, composed of different subsystems, is connected to the end of concentric coil tubing, operates promoting the aggregates disintegration by using a spiral jet to impact these solids and suctioning the small particles and well fluids, simultaneously or later, by using jet pumps based on a set of several venturis. Changes between different operation modes are imposed by modifying surface pump pressure levels and the tool does not need to be removed from the wellbore between different stages, reducing the overall operation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Scott Vander Velde, Richard Castellano, Andrés Oliveros, Miguel Ochoa
  • Publication number: 20070000670
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system and method of guiding one or more strings of coiled tubing into a wellbore as the strings of coiled tubing are pulled into the wellbore by another coiled tubing string. The present application also discloses coiled tubing equipment for the insertion of the additional coiled tubing strings into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: John Moore, James Hickey, Scott Vander Velde, Stephanie Benoit