Patents by Inventor Warren Winters

Warren Winters 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: 9429010
    Abstract: A component of the hydrocarbon well system and a first supply line to the component can be isolated from other components of the hydrocarbon well system. The component and the first supply line can be pressurized to a test pressure with a test fluid. Then, a pressure and a temperature of the test fluid in the component that was pressurized can be measured over a period of time. The pressure and the temperature that were measured can be analyzed and a pressure integrity of the component can be determined based on the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Winters, Ronald Livesay, Stephen Edwards, Jim McKay
  • Patent number: 9175539
    Abstract: A component of a well system can be tested by pressurizing the component of the well system a test pressure via two supply lines connected to the component of the well system, e.g. a choke line and a kill line. Then, a first of the two supply lines can be isolated from the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure can be measured in the first supply line and the change in pressure can be independently measured in the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure of the first supply line can be subtracted from the change in pressure of the second supply line and the component. Then, the change in pressure for the component can be analyzed to determine if the component of the well system is maintaining pressure integrity, i.e. leaking or not leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Livesay, Warren Winters
  • Publication number: 20130311097
    Abstract: A component of a well system can be tested by pressurizing the component of the well system a test pressure via two supply lines connected to the component of the well system, e.g. a choke line and a kill line. Then, a first of the two supply lines can be isolated from the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure can be measured in the first supply line and the change in pressure can be independently measured in the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure of the first supply line can be subtracted from the change in pressure of the second supply line and the component. Then, the change in pressure for the component can be analyzed to determine if the component of the well system is maintaining pressure integrity, i.e. leaking or not leaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Livesay, Warren Winters
  • Publication number: 20130311093
    Abstract: A component of the hydrocarbon well system and a first supply line to the component can be isolated from other components of the hydrocarbon well system. The component and the first supply line can be pressurized to a test pressure with a test fluid. Then, a pressure and a temperature of the test fluid in the component that was pressurized can be measured over a period of time. The pressure and the temperature that were measured can be analyzed and a pressure integrity of the component can be determined based on the analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventors: Warren Winters, Ronald Livesay, Stephen Edwards, Jim McKay
  • Patent number: 4948925
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for orienting a collar on a fluid conducting conduit, such as a drill string, includes an orifice through the wall of the conduit and a latch assembly for latching the collar to the conduit. The latch assembly allows fluid communication through the orifice and rotates the collar when the conduit is rotated in a first direction about the longitudinal axis of the conduit. The latch assembly unlatches the collar from the conduit, prevents fluid communication through the orifice, and allows the conduit to rotate relative to the collar when the conduit is rotated ion a second, opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Warren Winters, Michael B. Burton, Tommy M. Warren, J. Ford Brett