Patents by Inventor Simon CRUICKSHANKS

Simon CRUICKSHANKS 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).

  • Apparatus and method for testing a blowout preventer
    Patent number: 10273775
    Abstract: An apparatus including a drilling tool for locating in a wellhead has fluid ports therein. The apparatus further includes a collar which is mateable with the drilling tool, such that the fluid ports in the drilling tool are blocked by the collar when the collar is mated with the drilling tool. The drilling tool can be a bit runnable drill string tool. The apparatus may also include a bit runnable wear bushing. The apparatus can advantageously be used to perform a method of testing a blowout preventer (BOP) on a subsea wellhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: AKER SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Simon Cruickshanks, Andy Dyson, Peter Saville, Stephen Ogg
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING A BLOWOUT PREVENTER
    Publication number: 20170241230
    Abstract: An apparatus 10 comprising a drilling tool 12 for locating in a wellhead 14. The drilling tool has fluid ports 16 therein. The apparatus further comprises a collar 18 which is mateable with the drilling tool, such that the fluid ports in the drilling tool are blocked by the collar when the collar is mated with the drilling tool. In embodiments, the drilling tool is a bit runnable drill string tool. In embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a bit runnable wear bushing 22. The apparatus can advantageously be used to perform a method of testing a blowout preventer (BOP) on the subsea wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Simon CRUICKSHANKS, Andy DYSON, Peter SAVILLE, Stephen OGG