121 |
GUIDED LOCKING RAM BLOCKS |
US15629522 |
2017-06-21 |
US20170362911A1 |
2017-12-21 |
Herbert Jay Read; Mark F. Alley |
A ram block assembly enables a very high shearing, breaking, or parting force by utilizing guide rails and passageways within the ram block assembly to accept the rails and gird the rails against deviation from intended trajectory. The ram block rails and cavities enable application of extreme forces, opposing and concentrated within a small area, when actuating the ram block assemblies into the “open” or “close” positions. The ram block assemblies move in opposition, approaching each other and applying opposing forces against any material positioned between the ram block assemblies, and deforming, severing, breaking, shearing, parting, tearing and/or cutting, as the case may be, any said material positioned between the ram block assemblies. The severing of materials in the wellbore is known as “shearing,” and the apparatus performing this shearing operation as shear rams, shear ram blocks, shear blocks or shears. |
122 |
Method For Recovering Tubular Structures From A Well And A Downhole Tool String |
US15536489 |
2015-12-15 |
US20170328160A1 |
2017-11-16 |
Georges Emile Arnaly |
This invention relates to a method for recovering a tubular structure (3) from a well (1), wherein a so-called free point is defined as the location where the tubular structure is stuck in the well. The method comprising providing a downhole tool string comprising a pipe-severing tool and an upper part of the downhole tool string; lowering the downhole tool string into the tubular structure to release the free pipe. Before the step of triggering the pipe-severing tool to sever the tubular structure, the method includes releasing the pipe-severing tool and subsequent withdrawing the upper part, of the downhole tool string away from the free point towards the surface over at least a predefined distance. The invention relates to a downhole tool string for use in such method. |
123 |
Pipe cutting and plugging device |
US15462851 |
2017-03-18 |
US09784062B1 |
2017-10-10 |
Horacio Solis |
A device for cutting and plugging underwater pipes, the device includes a frame with one or more clamps for securing the device to the pipe. Attached to the frame is an arm having a first end and a second end. The first end is attached to an actuation element that in combination with a support bar can pivot and extend the arm. A motor is attached to the second end of the arm. A saw blade and pipe plug is concentrically mounted to the motor. The motor powers the saw blade to cut the pipe transversely. The arm then positions the pipe plug concentric with the cut pipe, and in combination with rotation of the motor, plugs the cut pipe with the pipe plug. |
124 |
Selective Stimulation Ports, Wellbore Tubulars That Include Selective Stimulation Ports, And Methods Of Operating The Same |
US15264052 |
2016-09-13 |
US20170159419A1 |
2017-06-08 |
Randy C. TOLMAN; P. Matthew Spiecker; Steve Lonnes; Timothy J. Hall |
Selective stimulation ports (SSPs), wellbore tubulars that include the SSPs, and methods of operating the same are disclosed herein. The SSPs are configured to be operatively attached to a wellbore tubular and include an SSP body, an isolation device extending within an SSP conduit of the SSP body, a retention device coupling the isolation device to the SSP body, and a sealing device seat. The isolation device is configured to selectively transition from a closed state to an open state responsive to a shockwave, which has greater than a threshold shockwave intensity, within a wellbore fluid that extends within a tubular conduit of the wellbore tubular. The methods include generating the shockwave within the wellbore fluid such that the shockwave has greater than the threshold shockwave intensity. The methods further include transitioning the isolation device from the closed state to the open state responsive to receipt of the shockwave. |
125 |
Downhole umbilical release assembly |
US14900911 |
2014-06-27 |
US09624745B2 |
2017-04-18 |
Espen Sørbø; Tommy Lofthus |
There is provided a downhole umbilical release assembly comprising a guillotine arrangement provided by a guillotine alignment sub (12) and a guillotine mandrel (16). The guillotine alignment sub has a first edge (27) over which an umbilical is positioned in a wellbore string. The guillotine mandrel is positioned radially outwardly of the guillotine alignment sub and is arranged to move longitudinally with respect thereto. The guillotine mandrel has a second edge (29) that is arranged to pass over the first edge (27) of the guillotine alignment sub during longitudinal movement of the guillotine mandrel relative to the guillotine alignment sub. This severs an umbilical positioned between the two edges (27,29). |
126 |
Blowout Preventer with Projectile |
US14701282 |
2015-04-30 |
US20160319624A1 |
2016-11-03 |
Gerrit M. Kroesen |
An apparatus includes a blowout preventer housing comprising a bore extending therethrough and a cavity intersecting the bore and a shear ram movably positionable within the cavity and at least partially movable into the bore of the blowout preventer housing. The apparatus further includes a projectile receivable into the bore of the blowout preventer housing and configured to pierce a tubular member when positioned within the bore of the blowout preventer housing. |
127 |
IMPROVED TOOL |
US15037238 |
2014-11-18 |
US20160290085A1 |
2016-10-06 |
James George OAG; Rae Andrew YOUNGER; Simon MCKAY |
A flow restriction device for restricting flow through a conduit. |
128 |
Valve system |
US13660018 |
2012-10-25 |
US09410391B2 |
2016-08-09 |
Oguzhan Guven; Gary L. Rytlewski |
A system and methodology facilitates utilization of a valve of a type which may be used as a subsea test tree. The valve comprises a valve element pivotably mounted in a housing having a passageway therethrough. The valve element may be actuated between an open position and a closed position blocking the passageway. A cutter is disposed along a first surface of the valve element and a seal system is positioned for engagement with a second surface of the valve element to provide separate cutting and sealing surfaces. Actuating the valve element from the open position to the closed position enables cutting of a conveyance, that may be positioned through the passageway, while simultaneously forming a seal along a separate surface to sealingly block the passageway. |
129 |
Pipe cutting apparatuses and related methods |
US14527729 |
2014-10-29 |
US09388658B2 |
2016-07-12 |
Guy Robert Babbitt; John Matthew Dalton |
Some embodiments of the present subsea pipe cutting apparatuses use or include a frame, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to the frame and configured to apply pressurized fluid to a pipe to cut the pipe, and one or more of: a flange configured to secure the subsea pipe cutting apparatus relative to a blowout preventer stack, one or more water jet nozzles coupled to a rotating portion of the frame and configured to rotate about the pipe, one or more water jet nozzles movable between a retracted state and a deployed state in which the one or more water jet nozzles are radially closer to the pipe than when in the retracted state, one or more water jet nozzles pivotally coupled to the frame and configured to pivot while applying pressurized fluid to a surface of the pipe, and two or more water jet nozzles. |
130 |
Method and system for containing uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids into the environment |
US14456618 |
2014-08-11 |
US09353595B2 |
2016-05-31 |
Iain Duncan; Martin Davidson |
Systems and methods for quick access and control of a blown-out well or well that is flowing uncontrollably into the environment. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a re-entry of the casing of the blown-out well below the mud line and the inoperable blowout preventer. The present invention also provides a method to re-enter a production, or injection well, either subsea below the mud line or above the mud line for surface facility applications. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a miniature wellbore is created from the outer casing through the various smaller casing strings into the final wellbore to protect the structural integrity of the well. Once the casing is safely penetrated, coil tubing and or kill weight fluid can be introduced to stop the uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluid. The well can then be sealed with cement and abandoned as normal practice dictates. |
131 |
DOWNHOLE UMBILICAL RELEASE ASSEMBLY |
US14900911 |
2014-06-27 |
US20160138354A1 |
2016-05-19 |
Espen SØRBØ; Tommy LOFTHUS |
There is provided a downhole umbilical release assembly comprising a guillotine arrangement provided by a guillotine alignment sub (12) and a guillotine mandrel (16). The guillotine alignment sub has a first edge (27) over which an umbilical is positioned in a wellbore string. The guillotine mandrel is positioned radially outwardly of the guillotine alignment sub and is arranged to move longitudinally with respect thereto. The guillotine mandrel has a second edge (29) that is arranged to pass over the first edge (27) of the guillotine alignment sub during longitudinal movement of the guillotine mandrel relative to the guillotine alignment sub. This severs an umbilical positioned between the two edges (27,29). |
132 |
Cutting device, safety valve, method and uses for severing a pipe-string-related object in a safety valve for a well |
US14115303 |
2012-05-16 |
US09341041B2 |
2016-05-17 |
Petter Birkeland |
A cutting device, safety valve and method are for severing an object in the safety valve for a well, wherein the cutting device is structured for incorporation in the safety valve. The cutting device and the safety valve comprise a housing having a through bore structured for passing the object therethrough.The cutting device/safety valve comprises at least one induction coil device disposed in the housing, and around at least a portion of the bore of the housing.The induction coil device is directed inwards in the direction of the bore and is structured for optional, cutting-promoting heating, hence thermal structural weakening, of the object when located vis-à-vis the induction coil device.The induction coil device is structured in a manner allowing it to be connected to at least one electric power source for supply of electric power for heating.The housing comprises a heat-insulating portion disposed between the induction coil device and the housing. |
133 |
Collapsible casing device for use in controlling flow |
US13881652 |
2011-10-28 |
US09255459B2 |
2016-02-09 |
Curtis Len Wilie |
A collapsible casing device, comprising an insert housing, said insert housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, said outer surface fluidly isolated from an external environment, said inner surface having a profile, and a connection between said outer surface and said inner surface, wherein said connection is capable of fluidly connecting to a tubular element; a deformable insert, said deformable insert having an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface fitting within said profile of said insert housing, said inner surface capable of containing a fluid and having a first inner diameter, said deformable insert having properties that are conducive to deformation; an explosive material that generates a pressure pulse in response to an activation signal, said explosive material having an inner surface and an outer surface and a composition, said outer surface fitting within said profile of said insert housing, said inner surface external to said outer surface of said deformable insert; and a trigger, said trigger capable of generating said activation signal. |
134 |
GATE VALVE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEMBER |
US14776714 |
2014-03-14 |
US20160032676A1 |
2016-02-04 |
Steve Malone; Harold Brian Skeels; Bob Houlgrave; John Lawson |
A gate valve assembly having a through bore adapted for fluid communication with a well bore and prepared for receiving an elongated member. The gate valve assembly comprises a gate element which is movably arranged in a gate valve housing, wherein the gate element has a gate bore arranged for receiving the elongated member, wherein a cutting tool is arranged in the gate bore first and second seats, wherein at least one of the first or second seat is arranged to provide sealing contact with a sealing surface of the gate element. A support member arranged with an opening encompassing the through bore and an expanded opening portion which is open to the through bore in the axial direction of the through bore, wherein a reduced section of the support member defines the expanded opening portion, and the opening has a decreasing radius along the reduced section in the axial direction of the support member toward a contact surface area arranged at an end portion of the support member adjacent the cutting tool, wherein the radius of the opening corresponds essentially to the radius of the through bore. The contact surface area is prepared for engagement with the elongated member and provides a counter acting area interacting with the cutting tool when shearing the elongated member. The invention also includes a method. |
135 |
Subsea Well Intervention Systems and Methods |
US14815685 |
2015-07-31 |
US20150337632A1 |
2015-11-26 |
Jason Dahlem; Matthew Green |
A system for performing an intervention on a subsea wellhead, the system including a production tree having a central axis, a first end, a second end, and a first flow bore extending axially from the first end to the second end. The production tree includes a master valve disposed along the first flow bore, a swab valve disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the first end, and a shearing device disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the second end. The second end of the production tree comprises a connector configured to releasably couple to the subsea wellhead, and the shearing device is configured to shear a component extending through the first flow bore. |
136 |
Plug and Gun Apparatus and Method for Cementing and Perforating Casing |
US14259853 |
2014-04-23 |
US20150308208A1 |
2015-10-29 |
Gaylen O. Capps; David De La Cruz; Dudley Klatt; Byron S. Squyres |
An apparatus is used in cementing and perforating casing in a borehole. A cement head disposed on the casing has first and second containers. A first plug positioned in the first container deploys from the cement head in the casing in advance of cement slurry. An assembly positioned in the second container deploys from the cement head in the casing after the cement slurry. The first plug lands on a float collar on the casing, and a breachable passage in the first plug opens and allows the cement slurry to pass into the borehole annulus. The assembly has a wiper and has one or more charges. The wiper wipes the casing as the assembly is displaced down the casing with displacing fluid. Eventually, the assembly lands at the first plug, and hydraulic pressure applied in the casing activates the one or more charges to perforate the casing. |
137 |
Method and system for containing uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluids into the environment |
US13115794 |
2011-05-25 |
US08833464B2 |
2014-09-16 |
Iain Duncan; Martin Davidson |
Systems and methods for quick access and control of a blown-out well or well that is flowing uncontrollably into the environment. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a re-entry of the casing of the blown-out well below the mud line and the inoperable blowout preventer. The present invention also provides a method to re-enter a production, or injection well, either subsea below the mud line or above the mud line for surface facility applications. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a miniature wellbore is created from the outer casing through the various smaller casing strings into the final wellbore to protect the structural integrity of the well. Once the casing is safely penetrated, coil tubing and or kill weight fluid can be introduced to stop the uncontrolled flow of reservoir fluid. The well can then be sealed with cement and abandoned as normal practice dictates. |
138 |
Subsea Well Intervention System and Methods |
US14199407 |
2014-03-06 |
US20140251633A1 |
2014-09-11 |
Jason Dahlem; Matthew Green |
A system for performing an intervention on a subsea wellhead, the system including a production tree having a central axis, a first end, a second end, and a first flow bore extending axially from the first end to the second end. The production tree includes a master valve disposed along the first flow bore, a swab valve disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the first end, and a shearing device disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the second end. The second end of the production tree comprises a connector configured to releasably couple to the subsea wellhead, and the shearing device is configured to shear a component extending through the first flow bore. |
139 |
VALVE SYSTEM |
US13660018 |
2012-10-25 |
US20140116717A1 |
2014-05-01 |
Oguzhan Guven; Gary L. Rytlewski |
A system and methodology facilitates utilization of a valve of a type which may be used as a subsea test tree. The valve comprises a valve element pivotably mounted in a housing having a passageway therethrough. The valve element may be actuated between an open position and a closed position blocking the passageway. A cutter is disposed along a first surface of the valve element and a seal system is positioned for engagement with a second surface of the valve element to provide separate cutting and sealing surfaces. Actuating the valve element from the open position to the closed position enables cutting of a conveyance, that may be positioned through the passageway, while simultaneously forming a seal along a separate surface to sealingly block the passageway. |
140 |
ROTARY ACTUATED CUTTER MODULE SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY |
US13961063 |
2013-08-07 |
US20140041501A1 |
2014-02-13 |
David Carter Allensworth |
A technique facilitates cutting of a conveyance or other member passing through a tubular system, such as a landing string and/or a subsea test tree. The technique utilizes a pair of cutter blades pivotably coupled together at a pivot which may be located adjacent a pair of cutting edges. The pair of cutter blades is located in a body which has a passage sized to enable movement of certain tools and conveyances therethrough. The pair of cutter blades is connected to a piston actuated mechanism which may be selectively actuated to move the cutting edges toward each other and across the passage extending through the body. When the cutter blades are in an open position, the tools and/or conveyance may be moved through the cutter body along the passage. |