221 |
Methods and systems for subterranean multilateral well drilling and
completion |
US296941 |
1994-08-26 |
US5564503A |
1996-10-15 |
James R. Longbottom; Don C. Cox; John C. Gano; William R. Welch; Pat M. White |
Improved methods and systems for creating a multilateral well and improved multilateral well structures. In one aspect of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: (1) setting a diverter at a prescribed position and a prescribed orientation in a main well flow conductor located within a main wellbore, (2) boring through a sidewall of the main well flow conductor and into a material surrounding the main well flow conductor, the boring creating a window having a particular shape in the sidewall, the orientation of the diverter determining a lateral position of the window in the main well flow conductor, a lateral wellbore thereby being formed in the material and extending from the main wellbore, (3) lining the lateral wellbore with a liner, the liner having an interface end, the interface end adapted to contact a periphery of the window in the sidewall and (4) cementing the liner in place within the lateral wellbore, the step of cementing creating a pressure-bearing seal between the periphery of the window and the interface end of the liner. The method allows multiple lateral wellbores to be joined to the main wellbore and provides for connectivity among main and lateral wellbores, pressure-bearing sealing of joints to allow selective isolation of one or more wellbores or portions thereof and subsequent wellbore access for rework or other purposes. |
222 |
Sewer construction |
US403496 |
1995-03-14 |
US5525007A |
1996-06-11 |
William D. Jones; Louis A. Esposito |
Prefabricated concrete pipe encasements are disclosed for stabilizing underground conduit systems from movement caused by flotation, back filling or settling. In one embodiment, a sewer chimney includes a plastic riser connected between a tee-fitting in a sewer main and a cap block at a branch service line. At least one pipe encasement and a prefabricated concrete base encircles the riser for maintaining alignment with the tee-fitting. In other embodiments the pipe encasement encircles a generally horizontal pipe line. |
223 |
Composite well flow conductor |
US380771 |
1995-01-30 |
US5507346A |
1996-04-16 |
John C. Gano; Donald D. Baldwin; John A. Reigle |
A well flow conductor and method of manufacture therefor. The well flow conductor includes: (1) a composite liner tube composed of a plurality of overlapping, resin-bonded composite plies and adapted to conduct a fluid flow therethrough and (2) a composite outer structure surrounding the composite liner tube and composed of a plurality of overlapping, resin-bonded composite plies arranged in a plurality of opposed helices about a centerline of the composite liner tube, the opposed helices intersecting at predetermined axial and radial locations on an outer surface of the composite liner tube to form nodes extending radially outwardly from the outer surface to form standoffs therefrom, the standoffs capable of centralizing the well flow conductor within an interior of a casing having a larger radius than that of the well flow conductor. |
224 |
Torque-resistant, seal setting force-limited, hydraulically settable
well packer structure and associated methods |
US380901 |
1995-01-30 |
US5501281A |
1996-03-26 |
Pat M. White; John C. Gano |
A torque-resistant hydraulically settable packer is coaxially positionable within a subterranean well flow conductor and has a tubular body that carries a circumferentially spaced series of radially outwardly movable slip anchors having, on outer side surfaces thereof, gripping teeth with lengths that are sloped relative to the longitudinal axis of the tubular and to a plane perpendicular. Inner side surfaces of the slip anchors are engaged by circumferentially spaced flat outer side surface areas formed on the facing frustroconical ends of an opposed pair of annular setting wedge members coaxially carried by the tubular body and being axially drivable to radially outwardly shift the slip anchors to their setting positions. As the slip anchors are being set, an annular resilient seal structure is simultaneously compressed in an axial direction against a setting force limiting member telescopingly received in one of the setting wedge members, and radially deformed outwardly into sealing engagement with the interior side surface of the well flow conductor. After the slip anchors are set, the seal structure is further compressed in an axial direction by hydraulically shifting the tubular body relative to the slip anchors. If this subsequent axial compression force exerted on the seal structure is above a predetermined maximum level the setting force member is wedgingly driven into its associated setting wedge member to limit the total axial compression force imposed on the seal structure. |
225 |
Insulating pipe spacers |
US50980 |
1993-04-21 |
US5458438A |
1995-10-17 |
Richard L. Wyke; James H. McBrien |
Cylindrical spacers molded in place on a pipe or plurality of pipes to be installed in a casing, the spacers being made of a material which adheres to the pipe but has a low coefficient of friction with the casing, so the spacer will stay in place when the pipe is slid longitudinally in the casing. |
226 |
Fluid containing coaxial tube for control systems |
US023835 |
1993-02-23 |
US5433252A |
1995-07-18 |
Franz J. Wolf; Uwe Reichert |
The invention concerns a dimensionally stable, elastically bending plastic coaxial tube for fluids, consisting of an outer tube and of at least one inner tube mounted in said outer tube in hermetically fluid-tight but separate manner, said inner tube being held in position in essentially coaxial manner relative to the said outer tube by means of spacers between, and integral with, the constituent tubes, each spacer being integral with only one of the constituent tubes and being so configured and arrayed that the outer tube and the inner tube are freely axially displaceable relative to each other at least to some limited extent.The coaxial tube is manufactured in that the inner tube is prefabricated, in particular by extrusion, and in that the outer tube is molded in-situ around the cooled inner tube, in particular by coaxial sheath extrusion. |
227 |
Vacuum hose storage apparatus |
US318533 |
1994-10-05 |
US5430978A |
1995-07-11 |
Richard W. Kohler |
An apparatus for the storage of a hose, such as a vacuum cleaner hose having a hollow elongated body mounted outside a closet or cabinet under the floor. A hollow access section cooperatively connected to the body extends up through the floor into the closet. The access section is mounted to a wall in the closet. The access section has a terminal orifice formed therein to allow the introduction of the hose into the access section and the body for storage. A protective gasket surrounds the orifice to protect the hose during introduction into the access section. In an alternative embodiment, the body is mounted above the ceiling and the access section extends down through the ceiling into the closet. |
228 |
Double-containment piping supports for improved annulus flow |
US88864 |
1993-07-08 |
US5400828A |
1995-03-28 |
Christopher G. Ziu; Themistocli Ziu |
A centering support for a double-containment piping assembly has a body portion including an inner surface defining a central aperture for receiving and supporting the inner pipe within the outer pipe, and the inner surface is defined by a first radius of curvature. A plurality of support lugs are spaced apart from each other and project outward from the body portion, and each support lug defines an outer support surface for contacting the outer pipe. The support lugs also define corresponding recessed surfaces extending between adjacent support lugs, and each recessed surface is defined by a second radius of curvature substantially concentric with the first radius of curvature. |
229 |
Drilling stabilizer |
US88272 |
1993-07-07 |
US5363931A |
1994-11-15 |
Keith A. Moriarty |
A stabilizer to be mounted on a collar of a well drilling string including a circumferentially continuous tubular body having several outwardly extending blades thereon, the tubular body having an inner dimension such that it can be slid onto a drill collar, and radially energized components which positively fix the stabilizer on the collar including dies mounted in the blades, and having serrations on their inner faces, and drive elements to cause the serrations to bite into the collar and thereby fix the stabilizer thereon in a selected longitudinal and rotational position. |
230 |
Device for carrying out measuring and servicing operations in a well
bore and use in an oil well |
US976509 |
1992-11-13 |
US5348084A |
1994-09-20 |
Jean-Baptiste Fay; Michel Huvey |
A device for carrying out at least one of measuring or servicing operations in a well, with the device including a rod which is stiff against compression and elastic in flexure and a measuring instrument fastened to an end of the rod. The rod includes a core having a flattened cross sectional shape adapted to provide the rod with a high flexibility in flexure in a first plane, with respect to a flexure in a plane orthogonal to the first plane. At least one energy or information transfer line is incorporated or embedded during manufacturing the core which is made of a composite material. A sheath embedded in the core so as to provide the rod a substantially cylindrical outer shape. The device is applicable to be used in a well producing an oil effluent. |
231 |
Box intended for passing pressurized fluids through masonry work |
US620444 |
1990-12-03 |
US5079883A |
1992-01-14 |
Daniel Belisaire |
The invention provides a box for the passage of pressurized liquid through masonry work of small thickness, particularly dividing walls, the box (1), firmly secured to a plastic sheath (4), also embedded in the masonry work (2), allowing plastic material pipes (5) to be installed for pressurized liquids. Said pipe (5) passes through the case and the sheath with radial clearance, which makes it possible to change it for maintenance purposes, the parallelepipedic shaped box having a large opening on which a lid (3) is placed, this lid carrying the connection of the pipe (5) formed by holding means and sealing means. |
232 |
Pipeline casing insulator |
US225926 |
1988-07-29 |
US4928736A |
1990-05-29 |
Larry C. Muszynski |
A pipeline casing insulator to support a coated pipe within a tubular, metallic casing. The pipeline casing insulator comprises a flexible belt formed of a material that is capable of bonding to an organic resin. A plurality of parallel bar-like runners are formed from an insulative and non-abrasive polymer concrete that is cast onto an outer facing surface of the belt. The belt is preferably a strip of an organic non-woven material. The polymer concrete is preferably a mixture of a thermosetting polymer resin, such as epoxy, polyester or polyurethane, and an aggregate. The aggregate preferably comprises a mixture of substantially incompressible coarse particulate material, such as sand or gravel, and fine filler material, such as calcium carbonate, silica flour, or kaolin. The inner facing surface of the belt preferably has a mastic coating covered by a release paper that can be removed, to allow attachment of the belt to the outer surface of the pipe by circumferentially wrapping the belt around the pipe. |
233 |
Coaxial piping system |
US369112 |
1989-06-21 |
US4915121A |
1990-04-10 |
Robert L. Rains |
In a coaxial piping system for the transport of toxic and hazardous gases having an inner conduit wherein hazardouses gases are transported therethrough and having a spacer helically wound about the inner conduit within a volume between the inner conduit and an outer conduit. |
234 |
Transmission line assembly including means for reducing vibrations and
method of making same |
US212127 |
1980-12-02 |
US4394531A |
1983-07-19 |
Jacques J. A. Delabie |
A transmission line assembly including a mechanism for reducing vibrations and a method of making the same is provided which includes an outer tubular sheath having an inner surface forming an inner diameter, an inner tubular wall member firmly frictionally fixed to the inner surface of the outer tubular sheath, a transmission line disposed within the inner tubular wall for transmitting energy, a plurality of radially contracted tubular sections having axial lengths at regularly spaced axial intervals formed in the inner tubular wall member and contiguously surrounding the transmission line for protecting, centering and supporting the transmission line within the outer tubular sheath and a plurality of radially enlarged sections formed in the inner tubular wall member having axial lengths greater than the axial lengths of the radially contracted tubular sections and having outer diameters radially compressed by the outer tubular sheath. |
235 |
Inner tube assembly for dual conduit drill pipe |
US79228 |
1979-09-26 |
US4280535A |
1981-07-28 |
Clyde A. Willis |
In a dual conduit drill pipe section having concentric inner and outer tubes, a plurality of centering lugs are provided which are disposed between the inner and outer tubes and include bearing surfaces which are adapted to reduce the friction and wear associated with the movement of the inner tube with respect to the outer tube. The inner tube is secured to the outer tube at one point along each pipe section by a heat meltable adhesive which bonds an anchor ring which is secured to the inner tube to a shoulder defined in the inner surface of the outer tube. |
236 |
Drain line for recreational vehicles |
US973002 |
1978-12-26 |
US4223702A |
1980-09-23 |
James Cook |
A telescoping drain line for connecting recreational vehicles to a sewage system has telescoping rigid wall drain pipes having a plurality of pipe sections telescoping one within the other. A flexible hose extends through the telescoping pipes and out each end thereof and has means for attaching to a recreational vehicle drain at one end and into a sewage line opening at the opposite end thereof. The flexible hose is attached at each end of the telescoping rigid wall drain pipe to prevent the flexible pipe from collapsing or coming out of the rigid pipes. The flexible pipe will fold within the telescoping pipe for storage of the drain line. |
237 |
Hose training means |
US625501 |
1975-10-24 |
US4039032A |
1977-08-02 |
Ward D. Morrison |
This invention relates to conduit training means and more particularly an elongated, tensioned training means for training conduits in a predetermined path. |
238 |
Strapping for fastening production tubing to electrical cable |
US400859 |
1973-09-26 |
US3940832A |
1976-03-02 |
Edward H. Kelly; Ernest O. Kartinen |
A corrugated banding strap for securing an electrical cable to a tubing string for lowering into a well. |
239 |
Support devices for elongate members |
US3770022D |
1970-10-06 |
US3770022A |
1973-11-06 |
BEISEMANN H |
A support device for running at least one flexible elongate member, such as a cable, pipe or the like, from a fixed station to a station movable with respect to the fixed station provides an open-ended loop region between the fixed and movable stations. It includes a guide strip defining a path for the member. The relaxed cross-section of the guide strip has a curved profile providing longitudinal stiffening to resist bending of the strip away from its longitudinal axis. The strip is elastically deformable, however, to assume a flattened cross-section in the loop region. In an open form of device, the elongate members are held on to the strip by spaced clips or elastic bands. In a closed form of device the elongate members are held in a space between the guide strip and an auxiliary guide strip running along it. In this closed form, seals may be provided along the mating edges of the strips, and spacers may be included in the member-receiving space between the strips for locating the member or members. A drum may be arranged to lie loosely in the loop. The guide strip may be arcuate or undulant in cross section.
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240 |
Method and system for transporting oil by pipe line |
US3650119D |
1970-04-02 |
US3650119A |
1972-03-21 |
SPARLING JOSEPH T |
System and method for transporting oil by pipe line under or over frozen ground, e.g., permanently frozen terrain, without melting or softening the ground by heat transfer from the oil, by passing oil through a pipe line supported by such frozen ground or terrain, placing a second pipe line for carrying a fluid refrigerant, particularly liquid natural gas, along and closely adjacent to the oil pipe line but spaced therefrom, the second pipe line also being supported by the frozen ground, and being disposed adjacent to the frozen ground, providing insulation between the oil and refrigerant, e.g., liquid natural gas, pipe lines, as by placing the oil pipe line in an excavation in the ground and positioning the liquid natural gas pipe line in such excavation below and parallel to the oil pipe line, with gravel, for example, filling the spaces in the excavation and between the two pipe lines, passing a liquid refrigerant such as liquid natural gas through the second pipe line at a temperature substantially below the temperature of the adjacent frozen ground, thereby maintaining the ground around the pipe lines frozen without cooling the oil in the oil pipe line down to a temperature which substantially retards flow of the oil in the oil pipe line. As a feature of the invention, a minor portion of the liquid natural gas at each pumping station can be used for operating both the oil pump or pumps and liquid natural gas pump or pumps at the respective stations. The result is that the ground supporting or surrounding the oil pipe line remains in permanently frozen condition to firmly support such pipe line at all times, and at the same time liquid natural gas can be transported to market and a portion thereof employed to operate the pumping stations.
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