Patents by Inventor Timothy E. Etzkorn

Timothy E. Etzkorn 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).

  • System and process for reducing the flowing bottom hole pressure in a natural gas well
    Patent number: 6585050
    Abstract: A system and process for reducing the flowing bottom-hole pressure in a natural gas well has a first discrete fluid flow path extending from the surface well head through a valve to an inlet of a separator, the valve being actuable between a closed condition and an open condition, and a second discrete gas flow path extending from an outlet of the separator to an inlet of a compressor, the compressor maintaining a near or below zero PSIG pressure at the separator inlet. When the valve is in the closed condition, positive pressure builds on the well head side of the valve and, when the valve is in the open condition, the near or below zero PSIG pressure of the separator is applied to the well head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Timothy E. Etzkorn
  • System and process for reducing the flowing bottom hole pressure in a natural gas well
    Patent number: 6315048
    Abstract: A system and process for reducing the flowing bottom-hole pressure in a natural gas well has a first discrete fluid flow path extending from the surface well head through a valve to an inlet of a separator, the valve being actuable between a closed condition and an open condition, and a second discrete gas flow path extending from an outlet of the separator to an inlet of a compressor, the compressor maintaining a near or below zero PSIG pressure at the separator inlet. When the valve is in the closed condition, positive pressure builds on the well head side of the valve and, when the valve is in the open condition, the near or below zero PSIG pressure of the separator is applied to the well head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: T-Bam Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Timothy E. Etzkorn