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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096350 | Dual point adjustable depth air sparging well system An adjustable depth air sparging well system having a fixed depth or secondary air injection point and an adjustable depth or primary air injection point for injecting compressed air into saturated or groundwater regions of the soil's subsurface to remove volatile c... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8082981 | Multiple point adjustable depth air sparging well system An multiple point adjustable depth air sparging well system having a multiple air injection points for injecting compressed air into saturated or groundwater regions of the soil's subsurface to remove volatile contaminants from the soil's subsurface. At plurality of... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7273096 | Gel release device The invention relates to a device for holding and releasing an object, such device having a body with a cavity in which the object is accommodatable, an elastic retaining member for retaining the object in the cavity, and, a pushing member for pushing the object out... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7237614 | Potable well conversion device Disclosed herein is a coupling device for converting a below-ground potable water well installation to an above-ground installation, the device comprising a housing having a first opening which is dimensioned to receive an upper end of a below-ground well casing and... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222668 | Sample extraction system for boreholes For use in drawing samples of e.g water from a well. The sampling pipe is formed as an extrusion in polyethylene. The profile includes three equi-spaced channels. The profile, being triangulated, is rigid and resistant to buckling, which allows the sampling pipe to ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219742 | Method and apparatus to complete a well having tubing inserted through a valve A method and apparatus for inserting a small diameter continuous hydraulic conduit or capillary tube down a well bore is presented. The methods and apparatus allow either the injection of chemicals to enhance production of oil and gas, or to provide a conduit for pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201229 | Tree mounted well flow interface device A subsea production tree has an external annular profile formed on an upper portion of the tree. A vertical passage extending from a lower end of the tree to an upper end of the tree for communicating with a string of tubing extending into the well. A lateral passag... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7077208 | Method and system for directing fluid flow An apparatus having various conduits moves liquid by passing gas up through it. A collector conduit transports the liquid to the bottom of the unit. A gas-lift conduit mixes the liquid and gas at the bottom and transports the mixture upwards, owing to the rising act... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069987 | Casing adapter tool for well servicing The invention provides a casing adapter tool which connects and seals to a casing pipe at its lower end and to production or service equipment at its upper end, and is used with well servicing equipment, such as is involved in fracturing. The casing adapter tool inc... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7055632 | Well stimulation tool and method for inserting a backpressure plug through a mandrel of the tool A well stimulation tool includes a well stimulation tool mandrel with an axial bore having an internal diameter large enough to permit a backpressure plug to be run through the mandrel into a tubing mandrel, such as a tubing hanger or a casing mandrel, to which the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7013724 | Method for characterizing parameters of wells, well bottom zone and formation, and device for carrying out said method The invention is related to the oil industry and can be used in well intake capacity testing and well bottom zone treatment. On injection line in front of the wellhead it is set a measuring section of a length allowing to fix pressure drops when flow medium o... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007759 | Method and system for directing fluid flow A gas/liquid pump moves liquid by passing gas up through it. Pumping is accomplished by the liquid's moving through three conduits. The first, a collector conduit, transports the liquid to the bottom of the unit. The second, a gas-lift conduit, mixes the liquid and ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966380 | Valves for use in wells A valve assembly to control the intake of fluid. The valve assembly has a valve body and a valve choke disposed therein. The valve choke has a choke bore through the interior of the valve choke. The valve choke has a plurality of orifices to the choke bore spaced at... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6938691 | Portable groundwater sampling system A portable groundwater sampling system utilizing an air pump in combination with a sampling tank, valves, and a pressure gauge to sample a liquid from a below ground surface monitoring well. The system includes a portable power supply for energizing the air pump and... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6938696 | Backpressure adapter pin and methods of use A tubing assembly including a tubing string and tubing hanger provides a fluid passage with backpressure threads for securing a backpressure plug in a fluid-tight seal below the tubing hanger, so that the tubing hanger can be removed from the tubing string. The back... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920925 | Wellhead isolation tool A wellhead isolation tool and a wellhead assembly incorporating such a tool are provided. The wellhead assembly has an annular assembly coupled to a well. The annular assembly may include a casing head coupled to the well and a tubing head mounted over the casing he... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918439 | Backpressure adaptor pin and methods of use A tubing assembly including a tubing string and tubing hanger provides a fluid passage with backpressure threads for securing a backpressure plug in a fluid-tight seal below the tubing hanger, so that the tubing hanger can be removed from the tubing string. The back... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6868911 | Methods and apparatus for subterranean fluid separation and removal A method and an apparatus for producing a liquid phase hydrocarbon fluid from a producing formation are provided. One method includes moving an absorbing material through a well disposed in the formation. The absorbing material absorbs the hydrocarbon fluid in the w... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6817420 | Potable well conversion device Disclosed herein is a coupling device for converting a below-ground potable water well installation to an above-ground installation, the device comprising a housing having a first opening which is dimensioned to receive an upper end of a below-ground well casing and... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6659176 | Method for monitoring remediation of non aqueous phase solution A method and apparatus for remediation of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPL), including the use of a prior art hydrophobic adsorption system including a continuous loop of adsorptive material, with a weighted pulley on the free end of the loop to allow for ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6338388 | Load bearing pump rotor tag bar A rotating tag bar is positioned below a progressive cavity pump stator for supporting at least a portion of a rod string a rotor. A tubular housing is secured to the stator and is fitted with a rotatable platform. The platform blocks downward stretch of ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6161621 | Scrubber for an oil-only recovery apparatus An improved scrubber that uses a stream of air to blast the oil off the oil-laden conveyer chains of oil-only recovery apparatus is disclosed. The improved scrubber eliminates the need for conventional scouring components that physically contact the conve... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6158515 | Artificial lifting device for well fluids using a continous loop Fluid is lifted from a well with a continuous loop of fibrous material, such as rope. The rope loop is formed around a drive sheave on the surface with a return sheave down inside of the well. The drive sheave has ridges along the side surfaces of a groov... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6113357 | Hydraulic turbine compressor A hydraulic turbine mounted in-line between a gas production facility and the inlet of the sales lines for boosting pressure sufficiently to insert natural gas from the production facility into the sales line when the sale line pressure is at a high level... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6059042 | Completions insertion and retrieval under pressure (CIRP) apparatus including the snaplock connector A completions insertion and retrieval under pressure (CIRP) apparatus utilizes a snaplock connector to assemble uphole a tool string of any desired length prior to lowering the tool string into a wellbore for performing wellbore operations in the wellbore... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5960881 | Downhole surge pressure reduction system and method of use A system for reducing pressure while running a casing liner, hanging a casing liner from a casing and cementing the liner in a borehole during a single trip downhole is disclosed. Some of the components of the system are 1.) a bypass or diverter sub for r... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5816325 | Methods and apparatus for enhanced recovery of viscous deposits by thermal stimulation Method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of subterranean deposits. A heating fluid circulates in a concentric tubing assembly which attaches to a downhole heat exchanger. A convertible fluid descends to the downhole heat exchanger in the concentric tubi... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5636686 | Measuring assembly comprising means for orienting a part of the measuring elements The present invention relates to a measuring assembly lowered inside a well with an operator. The assembly includes several measuring elements assembled to one another along a longitudinal axis, at least one section of which includes at least one measurin... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5507342 | Method of selective treatment of open hole intervals in vertical and deviated wellbores A method for repairing damaged sections of an oil well includes the use of a combination of two fluids, pumped simultaneously to allow treatment of a specific part of a portion of an oil producing zone. A first fluid is pumped down a coiled tubing and a s... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5450901 | Apparatus and process for producing and reinjecting gas An apparatus and process for separating and producing gas and liquid from a subterranean production zone via a well in fluid communication with the zone. After separation in the well, the gas is produced to the surface, compressed, and injected into an in... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5447201 | Well completion system A well completion system comprises production tubing (5) extending downhole from wellhead equipment (2) to a plurality of completion systems (7, 8, 9). A well testing facility comprising a test loop (26) with flow metering equipement (27) is included in t... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5421408 | Simultaneous water and gas injection into earth formations Natural gas is reinjected into an earth formation for storage and/or stimulating the recovery of hydrocarbon liquids by mixing the gas with water at a pressure sufficient to maintain bubble flow of gas dispersed in a water flowstream in a range of volumet... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5403476 | Arrangement for removing impurities from ground water An arrangement for removing impurities from ground water and surrounding ground region has a wall shaft driven to a contaminated region and provided with at least locally permeable well shaft, a separating wall subdividing the well shaft into two well sha... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5375656 | Low flow rate oil supply system for an electric submersible pump An electric submersible pumping system uses a small diameter capillary tube and a high pressure injection pump. The tube size is selected so that the frictional flow resistance of the tubing at the desired flow volumes balances the pressure caused by the ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5341877 | Method and apparatus for in situ removal of a spilled fluid from the earth's subsurface In a preferred method, a spilled fluid, lighter than and immiscible with water, is removed from the subsurface by first penetrating through the fluid zone and at least partially through the groundwater zone to provide a bore in communication therewith. Th... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5322119 | Submersible well probe sleeve A submersible well probe sleeve made of a cylindrical tube attached to a submersible pump. The cylindrical tube has a number of slots exposing access to a protective pouch. Inside the protective pouch a fluid level sensing probe is placed. The fluid has a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5281333 | Arrangement for cleaning ground water An arrangement for cleaning ground water and ground region through which it passes comprises transporting unit for producing a liquid circulation between a well shaft extending in the region of contaminated ground water and the surrounding region, unit fo... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5232051 | Oil recovery apparatus Apparatus for continuously recovering oil-only from mature wells with typically low production. The apparatus includes a continuous chain which is suspended in the oil-containing portion of the well. By continuously moving the chain, oil is drawn out of t... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5220958 | Arrangement for driving out of volatile impurities from ground water An arrangement for driving out of volatile impurities from ground water and a ground region through which the ground water flows has a well shaft extending to a region with contaminated ground water, and a nozzle member for introducing a gas into the grou... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5197541 | Apparatus for two phase vacuum extraction of soil contaminants A process for two phase vacuum extraction of contaminants from the ground involves vacuum withdrawal of liquid and gaseous phases as a common stream, separation of the liquid and gaseous phases, and subsequent treatment of the separated liquid and gases t... | 03/30/1993 |
