Patents by Inventor TREVOR SOPRACOLLE

TREVOR SOPRACOLLE 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).

  • Standing pipe rack back system
    Patent number: 10519728
    Abstract: A manipulable elevator system for jointed tubulars on a service, work-over or completion rig which moves the elevator and any tubing grasped by the elevator away from (or toward) the centre-line of a wellbore being served by the rig is provided which permits use of a vertical pipe racking without the need for a rig worker to man the monkey-board, especially useful to provide for safe vertical pipe-racking for pressure-controlled or snubbing rig environments, and saving operational time and expediting turnaround back to production, while maintaining operational safety; the elevator's maneuvering controlled remotely, typically powered hydraulically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: GOLIATH SNUBBING LTD.
    Inventor: Trevor Sopracolle
  • STANDING PIPE RACK BACK SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170254161
    Abstract: A manipulable elevator system for jointed tubulars on a service, work-over or completion rig which moves the elevator and any tubing grasped by the elevator away from (or toward) the centre-line of a wellbore being served by the rig is provided which permits use of a vertical pipe racking without the need for a rig worker to man the monkey-board, especially useful to provide for safe vertical pipe-racking for pressure-controlled or snubbing rig environments, and saving operational time and expediting turnaround back to production, while maintaining operational safety; the elevator's maneuvering controlled remotely, typically powered hydraulically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: TREVOR SOPRACOLLE