Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
  • Patent number: 11905760
    Abstract: An inner tube head assembly for a core barrel assembly having a latch casing coupled to a latch body, a landing shoulder coupled to the latch body and a spindle, and an inner tube cap assembly coupled between the spindle and an inner tube cap adapter. The landing shoulder and the inner tube cap adapter are a first size. The latch casing, the latch body, the spindle, and the inner tube cap assembly are a second size. The inner tube head assembly includes latches configured to work with the inner tube head assembly of the first size and the drill string of the second size. The first size is larger than the second size. The inner tube head assembly engages a drill string sized to cooperate with the first size. A core drilling system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Epiroc Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Salvador, Ian D. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11905761
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electric drill comprising: a housing; a motor for driving the electric drill to work; an output assembly for outputting the power of the motor; a first brake assembly including a driving disc and a driven disc respectively arranged on the transmission shaft and the output shaft, the driving disc being meshed with the driven disc to transmit power in a non-braking state, and the driving disc and the driven disc being displaced in the axial direction to be separated from each other in a braking state to stop transmitting power; and a second brake assembly including a mass block and a micro switch connected with the motor, and in a braking state, the mass block displacing and triggering the micro switch to stop the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuexun Cao, Naixin Gao, Lingao Zhang, Tao Wang, Fei Huang
  • Patent number: 11905762
    Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a transmission line within a drill string component includes a drill string component comprising a bore having an internal diameter. A slot having a shoulder is formed in the internal surface to receive an electromagnetic transmission line. A tension anchor is configured to be attached to the electromagnetic transmission line. The tension anchor comprises an inner sleeve configured to be crimped onto an outer diameter of the electromagnetic transmission line, and an outer sleeve configured to be coupled with the inner sleeve. The outer sleeve comprises an electrical connector device configured to be electrically coupled with the electromagnetic transmission line. The tension anchor is further configured to be received in the slot in engagement with the shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INTELLISERV, LLC
    Inventors: David C. Meier, Jacob Yardley
  • Patent number: 11905763
    Abstract: A system for transmitting data and power downhole includes an annular groove in a downhole tool such as a drill pipe shoulder or other tool body. A housing for an inductive coupler being disposed within the annular groove. The housing may be a metal ring or a polymeric ring suitable for downhole conditions. An annular MCEI trough may be located within the housing. The MCEI trough may comprise segments. One of the segments may comprise one or more perforations. An electrically conductive coil may be placed in the MCEI trough. The coil may comprise a transmission end and a groundable end. The groundable end may be connected to the tool body by a ground post through the perforations in the MCEI segments and the housing. The transmission end may be connected to a cable within the downhole tool through the other perforation in the MCEI trough and housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Joe Fox
  • Patent number: 11905764
    Abstract: Coupling for transmission of torque, speed, and hydraulic thrust from a power section of a motor to a drive or output shaft. The coupling has a pair of mated hubs each with cantilevered teeth extending therefrom. The teeth are irregular in shape with an “S” curved driver side, a slanted unloaded surface, and a tooth base broader that the tooth top, which provide improved torsional and fatigue strength and wear resistance to the coupling. The coupling has utility in single and double articulation as a transmission in a mud motor for downhole directional drilling of subterranean formations. The coupling also has utility in other drilling operations employing motors requiring couplings of or for single or double articulation for minerals, geothermals, and HDD associated underground utilities. The invention further has utility with coiled tubing drilling and any power transmission equipment either with angular misalignment or direct drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: IBEX Drilling Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James Kraus, Gary Lambert, Mitch Houmand
  • Patent number: 11905765
    Abstract: To prevent fracture of a box under a tensile load without increasing the outer diameter of the box. The presently disclosed threaded joint for pipes includes a pin provided with a male thread portion at one end of a first pipe, and a box provided with a female thread portion at one end of a second pipe, where each of a plurality of thread grooves of the female thread portion has a corner portion on a load flank side and a corner portion on a stabbing flank side on a thread bottom side, a corner portion on a load flank side of a first thread groove includes a first arc portion that has a first curvature radius, and a second arc portion that has a second curvature radius, and a ratio of the second curvature radius to the first curvature radius is 3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Takano, Takamasa Kawai, Takuya Nagahama, Seigo Goto, Masaki Yoshikawa, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 11905766
    Abstract: A threaded tubular connection includes a box member having a female external thread, a female internal thread, and a female intermediate sealing surface between the female external thread and the female internal thread, and a pin member having a corresponding male external thread, a male internal thread, and a male intermediate sealing surface, such that male threads interlock by thread engagement with female threads, and intermediate sealing surfaces form an intermediate metal-to-metal seal when the threaded tubular connection is made up. The box member includes a minimal outer diameter at the intermediate metal-to-metal seal location, the minimal outer diameter being smaller than respectively an external and an internal outer diameter respectively being located above the female external thread and the female internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony Foulogne, Pierre Martin
  • Patent number: 11905767
    Abstract: This invention builds up on technical features and on the industry experience with the use of Merlin™ family connectors. In addition to friction, structural means utilized to transfer high torsional loads include dog-clutch teeth and may also include: interlocked thread systems, shear pins, keys and splines, all used in isolation or in arbitrary combinations. Static and fatigue bending load capacities of the connectors remain high, while the axial load capacities may or may not be high, depending on the design requirements. Connectors according to this invention can be built as new, carefully optimized designs. In some cases upgrading existing Merlin™ family connector designs to increase their torque transfer capacities may be also feasible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Krzysztof Jan Wajnikonis
  • Patent number: 11905768
    Abstract: A compensating rig elevator is provided to eliminate set-down weight from threaded connectors during make-up of a pipe stand and thereby provide an ability to reduce the risk of thread galling and cross-threading. The elevator may comprise one or more hoist assemblies with bail arms that deflect as the compensating rig elevator is suspended by the bail arms and a tubular is placed in the compensating rig elevator. The bail arms actuate a locking mechanism to secure the compensating rig elevator in a closed position around the tubular. The compensating rig elevator can also have compensating rams and a slip system to positively engage the tubular and bear the weight of multiple tubulars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spoked Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Triche, Heath Triche
  • Patent number: 11905769
    Abstract: A drive of a ground drilling device for pushing or pulling introduction of a drill string with a frame and a slide that can be moved back and forth relative to the frame, wherein there is at least one hydraulic cylinder between the frame and the slide for moving the slide, and wherein the hydraulic cylinder can be arranged in a removable manner in two different working directions between the frame and the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Schauerte, Christian Löher, Manuel Pohl, Florian Gies
  • Patent number: 11905770
    Abstract: A latch assembly having a first portion movably coupled with a second portion. The first portion has a roller housing, a latch panel, and handle, and the second portion has a respective roller housing, a respective latch panel, and a respective handle. In a closed position, the latch panel engages with the respective roller housing, and the respective latch panel engages with the roller housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Larry G. Keast
  • Patent number: 11905771
    Abstract: A crusher includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet at opposite axial sides, an impeller positioned proximate the inlet of the housing, and a shaft connected to the impeller and extending axially through the housing between the inlet and the outlet. At least two spaced apart support structures hold the shaft in the housing, where a plurality of dynamic blades extending outwardly from the shaft are alternatingly positioned between a plurality of fixed blades extending radially inward from an inner wall of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sajid Hussain, Syed Muhammad Ali
  • Patent number: 11905772
    Abstract: A tool to remove portions of casing from a wellbore. A tool may include a bottom sub-assembly and casing that selectively detach from a sub-assembly. This may allow for tools and casing within the wellbore to be efficiently and effectively removed from the wellbore without having to cut tools down well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VERTICE OIL TOOLS INC.
    Inventor: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya
  • Patent number: 11905773
    Abstract: A tool includes an internal assembly configured to be positioned at least partially within a body. The tool also includes a collet configured to be positioned at least partially within the body and axially-adjacent to the internal assembly. The collet includes a plurality of fingers that are circumferentially-offset from one another. At least one of the fingers includes a protrusion that extends radially-outward and is configured to be positioned at least partially within a recess formed in an inner surface of the body to secure the collet in place with respect to the body. The tool also includes a collet pin configured to be positioned at least partially within the body, axially-adjacent to the internal assembly, and at least partially within the collet. The collet pin is configured to contact the internal assembly to secure the internal assembly in place within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: James Edward Atkins, Seweryn Wrozyna
  • Patent number: 11905774
    Abstract: A downhole anchor mechanism for use in downhole tools. The downhole anchor mechanism generally consists of a plurality of sliders that pivot outwardly from a downhole tool body to engage distal ends thereof against a well casing. The sliders are operatively engaged within faceted cavities associated with the tool body, which creates load components that act in a tangential direction, allowing a thin-walled tool body to withstand increased holding force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VERTICE OIL TOOLS INC.
    Inventor: Shannon Martin
  • Patent number: 11905775
    Abstract: A driving system for a core drilling rig has a driving motor. The driving motor has an outer rotor and an inner stator, and mutually-matched convex ribs are provided on the inner wall of the outer rotor and the outer wall of the inner stator. The outer rotor and the inner stator are in clearance fit. A clearance between the outer rotor and the inner stator is a driving liquid channel. The length of the outer rotor is less than that of the inner stator. The outer rotor is provided between the front and rear ends of the inner stator. The outer rotor is connected to an outer cylinder. The rear end of the inner stator is connected to a coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mingzhong Gao, Heping Xie, Ling Chen, Jun Guo, Zhilong Zhang, Zetian Zhang, Yiqiang Lu, Cong Li, Zhiqiang He
  • Patent number: 11905776
    Abstract: A setting tool for actuating a downhole plug in a wellbore includes a housing, a piston positioned at least partially within the housing wherein the piston defines an internal firing chamber that is in fluid communication with an exhaust port, an expansion chamber positioned between an outer surface of the piston and an inner surface of the housing wherein the exhaust port is configured to convey combustion products along a combustion flowpath extending from the firing chamber and into the expansion chamber, and an exhaust diffuser distinct from the piston and the housing and including an exhaust passage and at least one baffle face, the baffle face configured to redirect the flow of combustion products along the combustion flowpath and channel the flow of combustion products into the exhaust passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP
    Inventors: Steven Zakharia, Ryan Ward, Benjamin Vascal Knight, Joe Noel Wells
  • Patent number: 11905777
    Abstract: An agitator deployable in a wellbore includes a housing including a central axis and a central passage, a valve including a first valve body having a first contact face and a second valve body permitted to rotate relative to the first valve body and having a second contact face configured to contact the first contact face, a first valve adapter including a first receptacle which receives at least a portion of the first valve body to couple the first valve adapter to the first valve body, and a flexible valve configured to permit the first valve body to flex relative to the first valve adapter whereby an angular misalignment may form between a central axis of the first valve body and a central axis of the first valve adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Khoi Trinh, Russell Gilleylen
  • Patent number: 11905778
    Abstract: A laser system for freeing downhole equipment includes a laser tool having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the downhole equipment and a means for generating a ring-shaped collimated laser beam. The laser system further includes a work string with the inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the downhole equipment. The laser tool is installed on the work string and the work string is lowered around the downhole equipment. Upon lowering the work string to a position in which the laser tool is located proximate to an obstruction of the downhole tool, the laser tool emits the ring-shaped collimated laser beam so as to clear out an annulus space between the downhole equipment and a wellbore wall in order to free the downhole equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sameeh Issa Batarseh, Damian Pablo San Roman Alerigi
  • Patent number: 11905779
    Abstract: A tubular running tool equipped with a mandrel having an elongated body with a longitudinal axis and configured for suspension above a wellbore. A plurality of slips are disposed on the mandrel. Each slip is configured to receive and retain a swappable insert. Each swappable insert is configured with a gripping portion on a surface thereof. A sensor is configured to detect when a tubular is in a determined position to permit actuation of the mandrel to urge the slips radially outward such that the slips remain parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mandrel and the inserts are correspondingly urged radially outward. A method and system using the tool for running a tubular and providing a makeup torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Tubular Technology Tools LLC
    Inventor: Jairo Gutierrez Infante
  • Patent number: 11905780
    Abstract: An annular seal configured to prevent fluid from outside the wellbore from entering a well head stuffing box and tripping an anti-pollution control device. The seal comprising an elastomeric material and having a seam configured to allow the seal to installed on or in a stuffing box without dismantling well-head equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AWA Oilfield Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Semlinger, Harold E Armstrong
  • Patent number: 11905781
    Abstract: Linear wellhead connection systems and related methods of pumping fluid into a plurality of wellheads. The linear wellhead connection system uses linear movement of an inlet conduit to transition between multiple discharge conduits that are connected to different wellheads to pump pressurized fluid from a manifold to the different wellheads. The inlet conduit is moveable in a linear direction along a track system relative to the discharge conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FORUM US, INC.
    Inventors: Steven Post, Alex Paul Sheehan, Roger Lane Suter
  • Patent number: 11905782
    Abstract: A regulator valve has a check valve manifold for use in subsea control circuits. For example, the regulator valve having the check valve manifold can be used in a circuit between a directional control valve and an actuator for a gate valve. The check valve manifold can be a flange that attaches to the regulator valve to communicate with the supply and outlet of the regulator valve. Internal communication inside the manifold includes a check valve. If the pressure in the circuit downstream of the regulator valve needs to be vented, the check valve can open to allow the pressure to bleed from the outlet back to the supply without needing to pass through the internal pressure control valve of the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: National Coupling Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Roy, Frank Harold Hollister, Nathan Zepeda, Robert E. Smith, III, Josh Williams
  • Patent number: 11905783
    Abstract: A riser system is provided to eliminate the consequences associated with damage to the annular system while also maintaining the availability of critical safety systems. The riser system may comprise a customizable control housing and external seal control subs that facilitate reciprocation and rotation of a drillpipe or workstring while eliminating damage to the upper annular blow out preventer and allowing the upper annular blow out preventer to function as intended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Spoked Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Bryce Elliott Randle
  • Patent number: 11905784
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wellhead that includes a casing head, a tubing hanger and a rotation assembly connected to the tubing hanger. The tubing hanger is rotatable relative to the casing head and this rotation is effected by the rotation assembly. Also disclosed is a centraliser for use with tubing in a well. The centraliser has a first sleeve, a second sleeve, and a body that has a first band and a second band connected by a number of resiliently deformable members. The bands extend about the sleeves, with the bands being able to move relative to the respective sleeves. This can permit the centraliser to be fitted to tubing without requiring tight tolerances of tubing size, for example, and may reduce the friction between the body and the tubing to allow the tubing to be rotated within the casing during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AS Innovative Holdings Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kieran Chiverton
  • Patent number: 11905785
    Abstract: A system an annular sleeve configured to be positioned in an annular space between a first annular component and a second annular component of a drilling system. The annular sleeve includes a radially-inner annular surface and a radially-outer annular surface. The annular sleeve also includes a first annular seal element coupled to the radially-inner annular surface and configured to seal against the first annular component, a second annular seal element coupled to the radially-outer annular surface and configured to seal against the second annular component, and one or more axially-extending passageways extending from a first end to a second end of the annular sleeve. The annular sleeve is configured to direct a fluid flow through the one or more axially-extending passageways across the annular sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Vikas Rakhunde
  • Patent number: 11905786
    Abstract: A method of forming a sand control device comprising: infusing a curable inorganic mixture with a degradable material configured to disintegrate upon exposure to an external stimuli; forming the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material about a tubular; and curing the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rostyslav Dolog, Yash Parekh, Juan Carlos Flores Perez, Valery N. Khabashesku, Qusai A. Darugar
  • Patent number: 11905787
    Abstract: A variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal having a degradable phase and a stiffener material. The variable stiffness engineered degradable ball or seal can optionally be in the form of a degradable diverter ball or sealing element which can be made neutrally buoyant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Terves LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sherman, Nicholas Farkas, Raghu Meesala
  • Patent number: 11905788
    Abstract: A technique facilitates downhole operations, e.g. gravel packing and cementing operations, in a borehole. According to an embodiment, a service tool is releasably coupled with respect to a casing. The casing is used to run the service tool downhole into a borehole. In some embodiments, the casing is connected with a downhole completion, e.g. a sand control completion. A work string may then be conveyed downhole to the service tool and connected to the service tool. While connected to the work string, the service tool may be operated to perform desired downhole operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeremie Poizat, Mark Anderson
  • Patent number: 11905789
    Abstract: A method for creating access to annular spacing during P&A operations is described. Specifically, helical coils are cut into one or more casings before the plugging material is set. The plugging material is able to exit the helical coils, forming multiple, small rock-to-rock seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventor: Randall S. Shafer
  • Patent number: 11905790
    Abstract: A downhole valve assembly includes a safety valve and an actuator that opens and/or closes the valve. The actuator can be an electro-hydraulic actuator (EHA), an electro mechanical actuator (EMA), or an electro hydraulic pump (EHP). The downhole safety valve can also include an electric magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Chouzenoux, Cash Elston, Olivier Loeuillet, Francesco Vaghi, Oguzhan Guven
  • Patent number: 11905791
    Abstract: A well system includes a tubular string comprising a plurality of tubular segments and positioned in a wellbore drilled into a subterranean zone, and a landing sub connected to a bottom end of one of the plurality of tubular segments. The landing sub includes a landing sub central bore and a landing sub locking profile on an inner surface of the landing sub central bore. The well system also includes a valve assembly configured to be pumped down the tubular string by fluid flowing in a downhole direction through the tubular string and to land within the landing sub central bore. The valve assembly includes a main body with a valve central bore and a flapper configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. In the closed positon the flapper seals against a flapper seat and blocks fluid from flowing in an uphole direction through the valve central bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11905792
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing rubber stator material from inside a housing includes a head, at least one blade, and an actuator. For example, the apparatus can be used to core out rubber material from the housing so new material can be molded therein. Also, the apparatus can be used to cut back excess rubber material newly molded in the housing. The head is rotated about an axis and is moved along the axis relative to the housing. The at least one blade is pivotably connected to the head and removes the rubber stator material at least partially from inside the housing with the rotation and movement of the head through the housing. The actuator is associated with the at least one blade and is operable to adjust a pivot of the at least one blade relative to the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Clean-Tube LLC
    Inventor: Paul D. Jezek
  • Patent number: 11905793
    Abstract: A rotation converter configured to convert an alternative clockwise-counterclockwise rotation to a single rotation direction, including: a hex shaft including an input hex, an output hex, and a gear contact, wherein the input hex and output hex are separated by the gear contact; a hex mover coupled to the input hex, wherein the hex mover includes following teeth and driving teeth; a following ring gear in contact with the following teeth; a driving ring gear in contact with the driving teeth; one or more gear pinions in contact with the following ring gear and the driving ring gear; one or more gear rods configured to support the one or more gear pinions; and a gear holder coupled to the one or more gear rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GQ Technical LLC
    Inventor: Guochang Wang
  • Patent number: 11905794
    Abstract: Methods for operating drill strings in a wellbore include providing a drilling apparatus that includes a Kelly drive system for rotating the drill string that includes a bottom hole assembly (BHA) and a Kelly engaged with the Kelly drive system. The BHA includes a hydraulically driven rotating string reamer coupled to the drill string uphole from a drill bit and a near-bit reamer. The hydraulically driven rotating string reamer includes a hydraulic drive operatively coupled to a string reamer. The methods include translating the BHA axially through the wellbore and, while translating the BHA, circulating drilling fluid through the drill string, which causes the hydraulic drive to rotate the string reamer relative to the drill string, drill bit, and near-bit reamer. Rotation of the string reamer by the hydraulic drive reams away imperfections extending radially inward from a wellbore wall of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Salem Alharbi, Syed Muhammad Ali
  • Patent number: 11905795
    Abstract: A coiled tubing system includes an injector assembly configured to receive and longitudinally move coiled tubing through the injector assembly, a well control stack operatively coupled to the injector assembly and configured to receive the coiled tubing from the injector assembly, and a snap arrestor including one or more wheels configured to rotate as the coiled tubing moves longitudinally, a tachometer that measures rotations per minute (RPM), and a microprocessor that receives and converts the RPM into a real-time measured linear speed of the coiled tubing. When the real-time measured linear speed of the coiled tubing exceeds a predetermined linear speed threshold, a command signal is sent to the injector assembly to grippingly engage the coiled tubing and thereby cease longitudinal movement of the coiled tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Qureshi, Arris Riagung Riskiawan, Abdullah Shabib Dossary
  • Patent number: 11905796
    Abstract: A downhole tool interface is connected to a downhole tool at a surface location. The downhole tool interface retrieves downhole information and wirelessly transmits the downhole information to a remote computing device. The downhole tool interface remains connected to the downhole tool during storage and/or transportation. The downhole tool interface collects status information to transmit to a remote computing device, allowing a drilling operator to better understand the conditions during storage and/or transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Almaz Kuliev, Aaron Barnes, Neil Cooper, Nicholas Masson
  • Patent number: 11905797
    Abstract: Wellbore for extracting heat from magma and a corresponding method. The method includes the steps of drilling a borehole from a surface and towards a magma chamber; supplying a drilling fluid to an interface between a drill bit and a terminal end of the borehole during drilling; terminating the drilling in response to the borehole achieving a predetermined depth; and supplying a thermodynamic fluid into the borehole to maintain the borehole while completing the wellbore. The drilling fluid lifts cuttings out of the borehole and quenches magma to form a solid phase material that can be cut by the drill bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Lindberg, Kimberly C. Conner
  • Patent number: 11905798
    Abstract: A plurality of energy-generator pods, and methods of use, are provided along a rotatable tubular string extending downhole from surface into a wellbore. In embodiments, rotation of the tubular acts as a rotor of the pod and an outer component about the tubular, capable of relative rotation thereabout, forms the stator. The pod can also be equipped with bi-directional wireless electronic data communication including communication uphole to surface from sensors downhole, pod-to-pod, and down-hole communication to downhole tools. Pods can be fit to centralizers already employed for rotary tubular strings, the centralizer portion engaging the wellbore and remaining stationary relative to the rotating centralized tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Per Angman
  • Patent number: 11905799
    Abstract: The hybrid battery system includes a primary battery pack, a secondary battery pack, a battery control unit, a battery pack positive terminal, and a battery pack negative terminal. The battery control unit includes a management module and a variable resistor. The primary battery pack supplies power at lower temperatures, while the secondary battery pack supplies power at higher temperatures. The primary battery pack is unsafe at higher temperatures, and the primary cells within the primary battery pack are modified to mitigate the dangers that previously rendered the primary battery pack unusable in a hybrid battery pack at higher temperatures. The invention includes the method of safely operating the hybrid battery system with the modified primary battery cells of the primary battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CNPC USA Corporation
    Inventors: Wu Bi, Xu Wang, Peng Cheng, Jiaxiang Ren
  • Patent number: 11905800
    Abstract: A downhole energy harvesting apparatus comprising a fluidic oscillator comprising: an inlet channel configured to receive fluid from a wellbore, a feedback system coupled to the inlet channel to oscillate the fluid, and an outlet channel coupled to the feedback system and configured to receive the oscillated fluid from the feedback system, and at least one piezoelectric element disposed on at least one side of the outlet channel and configured to generate an electric signal in response to variations in pressure of the oscillated fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Julian Drew, Barry Fish
  • Patent number: 11905801
    Abstract: A system for hanging tubing in a wellbore includes a tubular body, a plurality of lower slips mounted along the tubular body, a spring cone disposed around the tubular body and fixed to the plurality of lower slips, the spring cone comprising a lock ring having a ratchet profile, and a packer element disposed around the tubular body, below and adjacent the spring cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming Zhao, Asif Javed, James Hall
  • Patent number: 11905802
    Abstract: An electrical submersible pump assembly comprising a first section and a second section with an outer housing and a drive shaft. A coupling assembly comprising a coupling, a thrust pin, and a retainer ring mechanically couples the first drive shaft to the second drive shaft. The coupling is generally cylindrical in shape with splines formed along the inner surface configured to transfer torque from the first shaft to the second shaft. The thrust pin is installed in a pin bore in the lower shaft and extends into a retainer bore in the upper shaft. The retainer ring is installed between a groove in the retainer bore and a retainer groove on the outside of the thrust pin. The thrust pin is configured to transfer tensile stress from the retainer bore in first drive shaft to the pin bore in the second drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Casey Laine Newport, David McManus, Steven Andrew Lovell, Andre Joseph Bernier
  • Patent number: 11905803
    Abstract: Methods and systems for producing hydrocarbons. An example method includes producing a non-hydrocarbon liquid from a first horizontal wellbore, the first horizontal wellbore extending from a vertical wellbore and through a hydrocarbon producing formation. The method further includes pumping the non-hydrocarbon liquid with a first pump into a second horizontal wellbore, the second horizontal wellbore extending from the vertical wellbore and disposed downhole and underneath the first horizontal wellbore. The method additionally includes pumping a hydrocarbon liquid uphole to a surface with a second pump disposed downhole of the first horizontal wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn J. Brown, Trevor A. Kopecky
  • Patent number: 11905804
    Abstract: Techniques for treating a hydrocarbon reservoir include delivering a composition to the hydrocarbon reservoir. The composition includes at least one acid, and liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2). The method further includes exposing the delivered composition to water to activate the composition; and treating a rock formation of the hydrocarbon reservoir with the activated composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Amy J. Cairns, Rajesh Kumar Saini
  • Patent number: 11905805
    Abstract: Systems and methods involve capturing gaseous and liquid byproducts from the recovery of hydrocarbons and then using those captured byproducts for commercially and environmentally advantageous purposes. A method for recovering hydrocarbons from a well includes the steps of placing the well in a first mode of operation in which gases from the well are stored under pressure in a gas storage unit on the surface, and placing the well in a second mode of operation in which gases are transferred from the gas storage unit into an underground gas storage formation through the well. Methods for managing produced water include the steps of storing the produced water in an underground water storage reservoir, heating the produced water with geothermal energy, and transferring the heated water to an energy recovery system to generate electricity from the heated produced water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield
    Inventors: Mahendra Joshi, Alireza Shahkarami, Rob Klenner
  • Patent number: 11905806
    Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing system includes a support structure having a first area at a first height and a second area at a second height, the first and second areas adjacent one another. The system also includes an electric powered, multi-plunger pump with an odd number of plungers, arranged in the first area, the electric powered pump coupled to a well, via outlet piping, and powered by at least one electric motor, also arranged in the first area. The system further includes a variable frequency drive (VFD), arranged in the second area, connected to the at least one electric motor, the VFD configured to control at least a speed of the at least one electric motor. The system also includes a transformer, arranged in the second area, the transformer positioned within an enclosure with the VFD, the transformer distributing power to the electric pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: U.S. Well Services, LLC
    Inventors: Lon Robinson, Jared Oehring, Brandon N. Hinderliter
  • Patent number: 11905807
    Abstract: A method includes determining a free water level in the reservoir, analyzing a free water pressure trend of the free water phase, determining a presence of anomalous pressures and salinities within the free water phase, determining whether gas down to models and water up to models fit the reservoir, determining a bi-modal pore throat distribution of the plurality of pores within the reservoir, and generating a difference map to model the water distribution in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed Moustafa Abdel Wahab M. Kassem, Nawaf Abdulrahman A Alghamdi, Badr Saeed Badghaish
  • Patent number: 11905808
    Abstract: A thermal fluid generator utilizes a plasma energy heat source to generate steam, and combine the steam with nitrogen gas. Combined flow streams of steam and heated nitrogen are injected downhole into subterranean reservoir to thermally stimulate the flow of hydrocarbons (such as, for example, residual oil) from a reservoir, while also increasing fluid pressure in the reservoir. The thermal fluid generator can be located at the earth's surface, or positioned downhole within a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIPERA INC.
    Inventor: James Landry
  • Patent number: 11905809
    Abstract: A system can determine a heterogeneity and a score for a reservoir for optimizing a drilling location. The system can receive a wireline log associated with a well that is positioned in a subterranean formation that includes a reservoir. The system can determine, using the wireline log, at least one statistical parameter for an interval of the well. The system can determine, using the at least one statistical parameter, a vertical heterogeneity of the reservoir. The system can determine, using the vertical heterogeneity, a score associated with the reservoir. The score can indicate an extraction difficulty and a carbon intensity of the reservoir. The system can output the score for optimizing a drilling location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Davies, Michael Simmons, Lawrence Cowliff, Estanislao Nicolás Kozlowski