321 |
DOWNHOLE MAGNETIC PARTICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR OIL AND GAS WELLS |
US12790151 |
2010-05-28 |
US20110290506A1 |
2011-12-01 |
Murat Ocalan; Manuel Marya |
The subject disclosure discloses an apparatus and method of conveying magnetic particles into a wellbore. A plurality of particles which are magnetically attracted to one another in response to exposure to a magnetic field are delivered downhole via a degradable material. The degradable material confines the particles and conveys the particles to a desired location downhole. The structure comprising the degradable material and the confined particles can be lowered into a subterranean well by a cable or wire, or alternatively released into the well under the influence of gravity and flow induced forces. The material degrades in response to conditions encountered in a subterranean environment thus releasing the particles. |
322 |
IN-LINE COMPOSITION AND VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS OF VENT GASES AND FLOODING OF THE ANNULAR SPACE OF FLEXIBLE PIPE |
US12864497 |
2009-01-26 |
US20110153225A1 |
2011-06-23 |
Lars Nicolas Mangal; Stephane Vannuffelen; Rogerio Tadeu Ramos; Ricardo R. Vasques; Michel V. Berard; Dominique Dion |
A method and system for monitoring a flexible pipe, including an inline sensor system coupled to the annulus of the flexible pipe to detect corrosion of the flexible pipe. Also disclosed are method and system for monitoring an amount of water being accumulated in an annulus of a flexible pipe, including locating a pressure measurement system proximate to the annulus for measuring pressure of gas inside the annulus; controlling a flow of vent gas with a vent gas valve; positioning a flow measurement system upstream or downstream of the vent gas valve for measuring the flow of the vent gas when the vent gas valve is opened; and collecting with a microprocessor pressure and flow measurement data from the pressure and the flow measurement systems for determining the amount of water accumulated in the annulus based on the collected pressure and flow measurement data. |
323 |
MULTI-PROCESS ELECTRONIC CONTROL VALVE SYSTEM |
US12849526 |
2010-08-03 |
US20110024132A1 |
2011-02-03 |
PAUL T. PETTIT |
A valve system is disclosed. The system has a main valve that is adjustable for output flow and pressure. The system also includes an output flow transducer, an output pressure transducer, and a fluid depth transducer. A microcontroller is operatively coupled to the valve, the output flow transducer, the output pressure transducer, and the fluid depth transducer. The microcontroller operates the valve to selectively control the output flow, the output pressure, and the fluid depth according to inputs received from a user. |
324 |
COMPLETION SYSTEM FOR SUBSURFACE EQUIPMENT |
US12510978 |
2009-07-28 |
US20110024102A1 |
2011-02-03 |
Gary Allen Ring |
A concentric tubing well completion method and a subsurface annular flow crossover system are provided. The well completion method creates at least three separate, pressure isolated annular flow channels in a wellbore. The subsurface crossover provides for switching fluid flow between the annular flow channels within the completed well. The crossover system can be used in conjunction with other subsurface equipment to more efficiently manage fluid flows in the completed well. For example, fluid from any subsurface reservoir or separate reservoirs can be delivered to the surface. In addition, flow paths can be provided for a fluid circulation loop from the surface, a subsurface fluid lifted to the surface or a fluid moved to a different depth in the well for reinjection. The subsurface crossover also provides a method to shift the fluids from one annular fluid channel to another. The subsurface annular flow crossover system also allows the installation of a device at any intermediate depth in the well while allowing fluid flow past the device thus eliminating the disruption or blocking of the flow for the purposes of heat and produced fluid extraction. For example, the crossover can be used to maintain separation between a working fluid and produced fluids in a subsurface heat exchanger used in a geothermal well or a subsurface turbomachinery such as a subsurface pump. |
325 |
Downhole ram pump |
US11442888 |
2006-05-30 |
US07785080B2 |
2010-08-31 |
Timothy R. Tips |
A downhole ram pump. A downhole pump system includes a flow restricting device which variably restricts fluid flow through an opening, the restricting device vibrating in response to the fluid flow, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the fluid flow through the opening; and a pump device which generates a pressure differential in response to vibration of the restricting device. Another downhole pump system includes a flow restricting device which vibrates in response to fluid flow through an opening, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the fluid flow through the opening, a pressure differential across the restricting device variably biasing the restricting device to increasingly restrict the fluid flow through the opening, and the pressure differential alternately increasing and decreasing in response to respective alternate increasing and decreasing flow through the opening; and a pump device which generates differential pressure in response to vibration of the restricting device. |
326 |
Oilfield apparatus comprising swellable elastomers having nanosensors therein and methods of using same in oilfield application |
US11564467 |
2006-11-29 |
US07631697B2 |
2009-12-15 |
Rashmi B. Bhavsar |
An oilfield apparatus has a swellable elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein. An oilfield assembly for exploring for, drilling for, testing for, or producing hydrocarbons includes various oilfield elements such as tubing, jointed pipe, sucker rods, submersible pump motor protector bags, packer elements, blow out preventer elements, zonal isolation tool elements, etc; and one or more of the oilfield elements has a swellable elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein. A method of selecting one or more oilfield elements has a component of an elastomeric composition that includes a swellable elastomer and one or more nanosensors dispersed therein; and a method of using the one or more oilfield elements in an oilfield operation, thus exposing the oilfield element to an oilfield environment. |
327 |
Downhole ram pump |
US11442888 |
2006-05-30 |
US20060266513A1 |
2006-11-30 |
Timothy Tips |
A downhole ram pump. A downhole pump system includes a flow restricting device which variably restricts fluid flow through an opening, the restricting device vibrating in response to the fluid flow, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the fluid flow through the opening; and a pump device which generates a pressure differential in response to vibration of the restricting device. Another downhole pump system includes a flow restricting device which vibrates in response to fluid flow through an opening, thereby alternately increasing and decreasing the fluid flow through the opening, a pressure differential across the restricting device variably biasing the restricting device to increasingly restrict the fluid flow through the opening, and the pressure differential alternately increasing and decreasing in response to respective alternate increasing and decreasing flow through the opening; and a pump device which generates differential pressure in response to vibration of the restricting device. |
328 |
PRESSURE COMPENSATION/CONTROL FOR FAIL-SAFE GATE VALVE |
US10036997 |
2001-12-21 |
US20030116733A1 |
2003-06-26 |
Loc
G
Hoang; Jim
E.
Kilmoyer |
A fail-safe gate valve for sub-sea use features a floating, pressure biased compensating piston whose movement prevents internal pressure buildup from opening movement of the gate. A pre-charged fluid chamber provides the bias on the balancing piston. Using unequal piston diameters reduces the charge pressure. The balancing piston is not connected to the gate so that internal pressures can be employed to act on a net area, which biases the gate toward its fail-safe position. |
329 |
Cemented carbide for oil and gas applications |
US340724 |
1999-06-29 |
US6086650A |
2000-07-11 |
Michael John Carpenter |
The present invention relates to a cemented carbide with excellent properties for oil and gas applications including resistance to the combined erosion and corrosion synergistic effects at temperatures between -50 and 300.degree. C., preferably 0-100.degree. C. The cemented carbide contains, in wt %, 2.5-4.5 (Co+Ni) with a weight ratio Co/Ni of about 3, 0.25-0.6 Cr and 0.1 Mo wherein essentially all of the WC grains have a size <1 .mu.m and wherein the total carbon content is in the interval of 6.13-(0.061.+-.0.008).times.binder phase (Co+Ni) content (wt-%). |
330 |
Ball valves |
US659648 |
1996-06-06 |
US5865246A |
1999-02-02 |
Irvine Cardno Brown |
There is disclosed a ball valve (5) particularly for use in oil/gas wells. Known valves suffer from a number of problems, e.g such as high actuating forces and seat failure due to applied load across the ball being transferred through the seat. The present invention provides a ball valve (5) comprising a body (75) having a cylindrical bore containing a ball (10) and means for rotably mounting the ball (10) within the body (75) about a fixed axis, further comprising actuation means (15, 40, 45, 50) for controlling rotation of the ball (10), wherein in use to cause the ball (10) to rotate the actuation means (15, 40, 45, 50) is caused to move along a direction substantially parallel to an axis of the bore of the body (75). |
331 |
Oil-well-tubing drainer |
US10381326 |
1926-04-22 |
US1620173A |
1927-03-08 |
TAYLOR JEROME C |
|
332 |
FILTER DRILL ROD ADAPTED FOR CLEANING |
PCT/EP2014074538 |
2014-11-13 |
WO2015071381A3 |
2015-12-17 |
KOSOVICH JOHN |
The present invention relates to a filter drill rod for a hydraulic down-the-hole hammer. The drill rod comprises a first fluid flow channel through the drill rod; and a second fluid flow channel through the drill rod. The drill rod also comprises at least one filter disposed in the first fluid flow channel. The drill rod is configured to permit pressure fluid to flow in the first fluid flow channel and return fluid to flow in the second fluid flow channel, or pressure fluid to flow in the second fluid flow channel and return fluid to flow in the first fluid flow channel. The filter drill rod may further comprise means for selectively placing the first and second fluid flow channels in fluid communication with one another at a point downstream of the filter. The invention also relates to a filter cleaning valve component for connection in a drill string of a hydraulic down-the-hole hammer downstream of a filter drill rod. The valve component comprises a first fluid flow channel through the valve component and a second fluid flow channel through the valve component. The valve component further comprises means for selectively placing the first and second fluid flow channels in fluid communication with one another. |
333 |
PRESSURE CONTAINMENT DEVICE |
PCT/EP2014074402 |
2014-11-12 |
WO2015074932A2 |
2015-05-28 |
LEUCHTENBERG CHRISTIAN; MICHAUD GEORGE |
A pressure containment device for containing pressure in an annulus around a tubular body, the device comprising a housing having an axis and a passage extending generally parallel to the housing axis, and a seal assembly comprising a seal located in the housing to surround and enter into sealing engagement with a tubular body extending along the passage, wherein the housing is provided with a returns outlet port, an injection port, and an overflow outlet port, ail of which extend through the housing from the exterior of the housing into the passage, the injection port being located between the returns outlet port and a first end of the seal, and the overflow outlet port being located adjacent a second, opposite end of the seal, and thus being separated from the injection port by the seal. |
334 |
DRILL STRING CHECK VALVE |
PCT/GB2012052924 |
2012-11-27 |
WO2013079926A3 |
2014-03-06 |
CHURCHILL ANDREW |
A drilling method comprising running a drill string (12) part way into a bore (11); then pumping fluid through the drill string; then running the drill string further into the bore; and then reconfiguring a check valve (20) located towards the distal end of the drill string from a running configuration, in which the valve permits flow both up and down the string, to a drilling configuration in which the valve permits flow down through the string but prevents flow up through the string. |
335 |
INTEGRATED CHOKE MANIFOLD SYSTEM FOR USE IN A WELL APPLICATION |
PCT/EP2010006843 |
2010-11-10 |
WO2011057774A3 |
2011-12-22 |
ALLOUCHE FRANCIS |
A system and method enabling flow control with respect to a well related fluid. The system utilizes a choke manifold with a choke that can serve the function of both a fixed choke and an adjustable choke. The choke comprises components that are selectively adjusted to effectively provide differing calibrated flow paths along which the well related fluid flows when passing through the choke manifold. The choke manifold also may be combined with other system components in an efficient arrangement that facilitates handling of a variety of fluids, including multiphase fluids. |
336 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETAINING WEIGHTED FLUID IN A TUBULAR SECTION |
PCT/US2014011666 |
2014-01-15 |
WO2015108515A8 |
2016-05-19 |
ROGERS HENRY EUGENE; WEBB EARL DON |
A floating apparatus for use in a casing string and especially for use in offshore casing operations. The apparatus includes a valve configured such that, when there is a pressure differential across the valve below a predetermined mid-pressure threshold, the valve prevents fluid flow and, when the pressure differential exceeds a predetermined high-pressure threshold, said valve non-resiliently allows fluid flow across the valve. |
337 |
CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTING A HOSE TO A TUBULAR |
PCT/GB2014053743 |
2014-12-17 |
WO2015092403A3 |
2015-11-26 |
MACGREGOR ALEXANDER JOHN; VOON TED LEE |
A connector assembly for connecting a hose to a tubular element, the connector assembly comprising a tubular housing which encloses a main passage extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing and which is provided with a side passage extending through the housing from the exterior of the housing into the main passage, the side passage further extending through a connector tube which is mounted on the exterior of the housing, the connector further being provided with a hose connector adapted to be secured to an end of the hose and to engage with the connector tube for connecting the hose to the tubular element, the hose connector comprising a pipe portion which is adapted to mate with the connector tube so that the interior of the hose is connected to the side passage, wherein the assembly is further provided with a latch which is operable to urge the connector tube and pipe portion into engagement and to prevent separation of the connector tube and pipe portion when the two are mated to connect the interior of the hose with the side passage. |
338 |
WELL GATE VALVE GREASING TOOL AND METHOD OF USE |
PCT/US2013067727 |
2013-10-31 |
WO2014074386A3 |
2014-11-20 |
HE HENRY; THISTLE SCOTT; SHANNON CHRISTINA L |
A grease tool (63) lubricates a valve (11) having an actuator assembly (33) for moving a valve element (25) of the valve. The tool has a housing (65) with a piston (81) carried in a bore (71). The housing is open for inserting and sealing a portion of the actuator assembly (45 within 33) into the bore. A fill port (93) in the housing allows grease to be introduced into the bore. A piston rod (85) joins the piston and has external threads engaging internal threads of the housing, so that rotating the piston rod causes the piston to move axially. A lever (101) is mounted to the housing for imparting rotation to the housing. A lock pin (79) extends through a side wall of the housing to engage the actuator assembly to cause the actuator assembly to rotate in unison with the housing. |
339 |
ROTARY SERVO PULSER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME |
PCT/US2013000254 |
2013-11-07 |
WO2014074128A3 |
2014-10-23 |
GOPALAN MANOJ; WEBER ROBERT |
A servo pulser used to actuate a pulser valve and create pressure pulses in downhole measurement while drilling tools is described. An electric gearmotor is used to rotate a shaft which in turn operates a servo valve. A facing portion of the shaft is compressed onto the face of a servo seat having passages connected to the inside of a drill collar and the rotating action is used to open and/or obstruct a fluid path through those passages. The shaft may include wear-resistant tips to obstruct the fluid path. Part of the torque-transmitting apparatus between the gearmotor and the shaft can be hydrostatically compensated, and part sealed against the operating environment. A magnetic torque coupler may be used as part of the torquetransmitting apparatus between the gearmotor and the shaft. |
340 |
INTEGRAL FRACTURING MANIFOLD |
PCT/US2012072214 |
2012-12-29 |
WO2013106212A2 |
2013-07-18 |
CONRAD GREGORY A |
A fracturing system (10) with an integral fracturing manifold (22) is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a plurality of fracturing trees (20) and an integral fracturing manifold may be directly coupled to each of the plurality of fracturing trees. In some embodiments, the integral fracturing manifold may accommodate spacing and elevation differences between the fracturing trees. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. |