Patents by Inventor Torulf Gjedrem

Torulf Gjedrem 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).

  • Patent number: 7258174
    Abstract: A method for pressure- and flow-prevetive fixing of well pipes, preferably liners and casings (14, 54, 60, 66) in a well when drilling the well, wherein the method also may be used in a completed well in order to place a pressure- and flow-preventive barrier in an annulus (16) surrounded by at least one leaking well pipe. The method comprises the use of granular particles of unconsolidated matter which, by means of their particle sorting, are arranged with a suitably small permeability, and wherein the particles of unconsolidated matter thereafter are mixed with water and potential other additives to become a fluidised mixture of unconsolidated matter (22) subsequently being placed, preferably by pumping, as a pressure- and flow-preventive barrier of unconsolidated matter (38, 56, 62, 68) in the pertinent annulus (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Sandamix AS
    Inventor: Torulf Gjedrem
  • Publication number: 20050067162
    Abstract: A method for pressure- and flow-prevetive fixing of well pipes, preferably liners and casings (14, 54, 60, 66) in a well when drilling the well, wherein the method also may be used in a completed well in order to place a pressure- and flow-preventive barrier in an annulus (16) surrounded by at least one leaking well pipe. The method comprises the use of granular particles of unconsolidated matter which, by means of their particle sorting, are arranged with a suitably small permeability, and wherein the particles of unconsolidated matter thereafter are mixed with water and potential other additives to become a fluidised mixture of unconsolidated matter (22) subsequently being placed, preferably by pumping, as a pressure- and flow-preventive barrier of unconsolidated matter (38, 56, 62, 68) in the pertinent annulus (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventor: Torulf Gjedrem