Patents by Inventor Tor Henry Omland

Tor Henry Omland 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).

  • Measuring settling in fluid mixtures
    Patent number: 10202843
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a property of settling of a first phase in a second fluid phase of a mixture. In order to measure the property of settling, the mixture may be contained in a chamber, an acoustic wave may be repeatedly passed vertically through the mixture, a transit time may be measured for each acoustic wave to traverse the mixture, and the property of settling using a change in the transit times of the acoustic waves may then be determined. In various embodiments, the property of settling can be a degree of settling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Tomasz Wroblewski, Lorents Reinås, Tor Henry Omland, Stian Mjølhus
  • MEASURING SETTLING IN FLUID MIXTURES
    Publication number: 20150354343
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a property of settling of a first phase in a second fluid phase of a mixture. In order to measure the property of settling, the mixture may be contained in a chamber, an acoustic wave may be repeatedly passed vertically through the mixture, a transit time may be measured for each acoustic wave to traverse the mixture, and the property of settling using a change in the transit times of the acoustic waves may then be determined. In various embodiments, the property of settling can be a degree of settling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Tomasz WROBLEWSKI, Lorents REINÅS, Tor Henry OMLAND, Stian MJØLHUS
  • Method of adjusting properties of drilling fluids and apparatus for use in such methods
    Patent number: 9194972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a physiochemical property of a drilling fluid at a drilling site during a drilling phase, said method comprising detecting a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from out-of-hole drilling fluid at said site and calculating therefrom a value indicative of said property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
    Inventors: Claas Van Der Zwaag, Arild Saasen, Tor Henry Omland, Per Amund Amundsen
  • METHOD OF ADJUSTING PROPERTIES OF DRILLING FLUIDS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS
    Publication number: 20120013335
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of determining a physiochemical property of a drilling fluid at a drilling site during a drilling phase, said method comprising detecting a nuclear magnetic resonance signal from out-of-hole drilling fluid at said site and calculating therefrom a value indicative of said property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: STATOIL ASA
    Inventors: Arild Saasen, Claas Van Der Zwaag, Tor Henry Omland, Per Amund Amundsen