Patents by Inventor Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY
Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY 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).
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Patent number: 11846155Abstract: A system for liquid surge protection of a subsea riser having a horizontal portion on the seabed and a sag bend portion includes: a flexible tubing having a top end and a bottom end; a plurality of autonomous valves configured to permit liquid to pass through into the flexible tubing, wherein the autonomous valves are arranged between the top end and the bottom end of the tubing; and an inlet device coupled to the bottom end of the flexible tubing, wherein said inlet device is biased against a bottom wall the riser.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventor: Tor Kindsbekken Kjeldby
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Patent number: 11629586Abstract: A method of separating fluid phases in a well or riser. The method comprises: locating an inlet device of a flexible tubing at a substantially horizontal portion of the well or riser, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the well or riser and the flexible tubing terminates at the inlet device; biasing the inlet device against a wall of the well or riser; and extracting a stratified fluid phase from the well or riser through the inlet device and flexible tubing, wherein a shape of the inlet device is configured to match a shape of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Alastair Buchanan, Ketil Pettersen, Tor Kindsbekken Kjeldby
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Publication number: 20230101329Abstract: A system for liquid surge protection of a subsea riser having a horizontal portion on the seabed and a sag bend portion includes: a flexible tubing having a top end and a bottom end; a plurality of autonomous valves configured to permit liquid to pass through into the flexible tubing, wherein the autonomous valves are arranged between the top end and the bottom end of the tubing; and an inlet device coupled to the bottom end of the flexible tubing, wherein said inlet device is biased against a bottom wall the riser.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventor: Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY
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Patent number: 11391140Abstract: A system for surge protection of a riser adapted to transport gas from a hydrocarbon production well or for surge protection in a well, the system comprising: a flexible tubing, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the riser or into the well and wherein the tubing terminates inside the riser or inside the well; a pressure control system arranged to create a pressure differential within the flexible tubing such that liquid is drawn from the riser or the well into the flexible tubing if liquid is present in the riser or the well; wherein the length of said portion of the flexible tubing is variable depending on the amount of liquid drawn into the flexible tubing.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Magnus Nordsveen, Tor Kindsbekken Kjeldby, Håvard Eidsmoen, Arne Valle
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Patent number: 11162642Abstract: A method of starting up flow of viscous oil in a pipeline, wherein the pipeline has an inlet and an outlet and wherein the viscous oil is initially stationary within the pipeline, includes supplying water to a first section of the pipeline through an inflow control device; initiating a flow of viscous oil within the first section towards the outlet by pressurising the water; supplying water to a second section of the pipeline through a further inflow wherein the first section is closer to the outlet of the pipeline than the second section; and initiating a flow of viscous oil within the second section towards the outlet by pressurising the water.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Ketil Pettersen, Tor Kindsbekken Kjeldby
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Publication number: 20210222527Abstract: A system for surge protection of a riser adapted to transport gas from a hydrocarbon production well or for surge protection in a well, the system comprising: a flexible tubing, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the riser or into the well and wherein the tubing terminates inside the riser or inside the well; a pressure control system arranged to create a pressure differential within the flexible tubing such that liquid is drawn from the riser or the well into the flexible tubing if liquid is present in the riser or the well; wherein the length of said portion of the flexible tubing is variable depending on the amount of liquid drawn into the flexible tubingType: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Magnus NORDSVEEN, Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY, Håvard EIDSMOEN, Arne VALLE
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Publication number: 20200363017Abstract: A method of starting up flow of viscous oil in a pipeline, wherein the pipeline has an inlet and an outlet and wherein the viscous oil is initially stationary within the pipeline, includes supplying water to a first section of the pipeline through an inflow control device; initiating a flow of viscous oil within the first section towards the outlet by pressurising the water; supplying water to a second section of the pipeline through a further inflow wherein the first section is closer to the outlet of the pipeline than the second section; and initiating a flow of viscous oil within the second section towards the outlet by pressurising the water.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2018Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Ketil PETTERSEN, Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY
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Publication number: 20200332641Abstract: A method of separating fluid phases in a well or riser. The method comprises: locating an inlet device of a flexible tubing at a substantially horizontal portion of the well or riser, wherein a portion of the flexible tubing extends into the well or riser and the flexible tubing terminates at the inlet device; biasing the inlet device against a wall of the well or riser; and extracting a stratified fluid phase from the well or riser through the inlet device and flexible tubing, wherein a shape of the inlet device is configured to match a shape of the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: EQUINOR ENERGY ASInventors: Alastair BUCHANAN, Ketil PETTERSEN, Tor Kindsbekken KJELDBY