Patents by Inventor Tommy SKIBELID

Tommy SKIBELID 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 method for providing tension or heave compensation in an offshore drilling environment
    Patent number: 10689922
    Abstract: A heave compensation and riser tensioning system and method for an offshore drilling or production operation. The system includes at least one motor assembly, wherein the motor assembly further includes at least one motor; a drum assembly bracket; at least one wire drum; and at least one wire rope. The at least one wire rope has a first end fixedly attached to the wire drum, and a second end fixedly attached to a riser tension ring. The at least one motor is coupled to the at least one wire drum via a gear assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CASTOR DRILLING SOLUTION AS
    Inventors: Paal Anders Taraldrud, Øyvind Vaagland Reiten, Christian Bertil Von Der Ohe, Tommy Skibelid, Øyvind Haugen, Runar Birkeland
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TENSION OR HEAVE COMPENSATION IN AN OFFSHORE DRILLING ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20190071938
    Abstract: A heave compensation and riser tensioning system and method for an offshore drilling or production operation. The system includes at least one motor assembly, wherein the motor assembly further includes at least one motor; a drum assembly bracket; at least one wire drum; and at least one wire rope. The at least one wire rope having has a first end fixedly attached to the wire drum, and a second end fixedly attached to a riser tension ring. The at least one motor is coupled to the at least one wire drum via a gear assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Paal Anders TARALDRUD, Øyvind VAAGLAND REITEN, Christian Bertil VON DER OHE, Tommy SKIBELID, Øyvind HAUGEN, Runar BIRKELAND