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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176977 | Method for rapid sealing of boreholes A method and apparatus for rapidly installing or withdrawing a sealing liner into or out of a subsurface well bore or borehole. An eversion aid, such as an open-ended cylinder, is engaged with the liner, the eversion aid serving to push the liner down the borehole d... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7861776 | System and method for forming a coiled tubing connection A coiled tubing connection system is used in a well. A connector having an engagement end is used to couple a wellbore device to the end of a coiled tubing. The connector is spoolable, and the engagement end comprises engagement features that facilitate formation of... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7431082 | Retaining lines in bypass groove on downhole equipment One or more control lines or other types of lines can be run past a downhole tool such as a side pocket mandrel, for example, in a longitudinal groove with a retaining feature for the control line where the assembly leaves little to stick out and get damaged on run ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7318479 | Assembly for connecting a jumper to a subsea structure An assembly for connecting a jumper to a subsea structure. The assembly comprises a jumper connector attached to an end of the jumper that has a vertically disposed main body adapted for receiving a plurality of lines, which connect into a corresponding plurality of... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311144 | Apparatus and method for increasing well production using surfactant injection An apparatus and method for injecting surfactant into a well for coal bed methane (CBM) recovery, tight sand gas extraction, and other gas extraction techniques provides for the mixing of surfactant and water near the downhole end of the well, maximizing water remov... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7284603 | Expandable completion system and method A well completion having an expandable tubular. The expandable tubular having a tubular base and a conforming layer. The conforming layer being radially expandable singularly or in combination with expansion of the tubular base. The expandable tubular being perforat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270182 | Earth loop installed with sonic apparatus A method for installing a heat exchange pipe loop in a borehole, the method, in at least certain aspects, including drilling a borehole with a sonic drill system having a head and casing connected thereto, a drill apparatus on a lower end of the casing movable by th... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261155 | Cable side-entry sub with grease injection flow tubes An integrated side-entry sub with grease injection flow tubes is adapted for making up in a drill string and includes a port to receive a cable, such as a wire line. A first pedestal, mounted within a cutout of the side entry sub, provides entry for the cable into t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261154 | Conformable apparatus in a drill string An apparatus in a drill string comprises an internally upset drill pipe. The drill pipe comprises a first end, a second end, and an elongate tube intermediate the first and second ends. The elongate tube and the ends comprising a continuous an inside surface with a ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243717 | Apparatus in a drill string An apparatus in a drill string comprises an internally upset drill pipe. The drill pipe comprises a first end, a second end, and an elongate tube intermediate the first and second ends. The elongate tube and the ends comprising a continuous an inside surface with a ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243716 | Heated windable rigid duct for transporting fluids, particularly hydrocarbons Rigid wound or reelable pipe (1) for transporting hydrocarbons having a single-walled or double-walled envelope comprising two coaxial pipes, internal (2) and external (3), respectively, separated by an annular space, comprising at least one ele... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7213654 | Apparatus and methods to complete wellbore junctions A method and apparatus for completing a wellbore junction, wherein, in one embodiment, a first leg of a screen is fastened within a first tubular with a preformed window. The first tubular houses a whipstock with a cut-out portion containing a folded second leg of t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195075 | Method for construction of low thermal expansion and low resistance wire for logging applications In some embodiments, a device includes a downhole tool comprising a wire comprising at least one strand comprising a low thermal expansion material. The low thermal expansion material may have a low electrical resistance material disposed thereon. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172027 | Expanding tubing A method of expanding tubing downhole comprises providing a section of expandable tubing of a first diameter, and axially compressing the tubing to induce buckling, such that the buckled portion describes a larger second diameter. The resulting diametric expansion m... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169239 | Solid expandable tubular members formed from very low carbon steel and method A very low carbon steel alloy is provided for use in manufacturing tubular members such as oil country tubular goods. The tubular members may be radially expanded from at least twenty percent to forty percent. Sections or joints of casing formed from the steel alloy... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159660 | Hydrajet perforation and fracturing tool Methods and apparatus for fracturing a subterranean formation which use a fracturing tool. The fracturing tool includes a hydrajet tool, with at least one fluid jet and at least one fracturing port extending through the liner. The fracturing tool further includes a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152673 | Contractable and expandable tubular wellbore system A tubular system arranged in a wellbore, having an outer tube extending into the wellbore and a wall with at least one section of reduced bending stiffness, each section defining a hinge allowing the outer tube to move between a collapsed mode and an expanded mode. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144549 | Biocide impregnation of coatings for ESP components An electric submersible pump has one or more components coated with a biocide-incorporated coating for the purpose of controlling the activity of bacteria. The portions exposed to well fluid are coated for inhibiting bacteria from growing. Both centrifugal and progr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7111680 | Bore-lining tubing and method of use There is disclosed a method of lining a drilled bore (10) and bore-lining tubing (12). The method comprises providing a first tubular (16); locating the first tubular (16) in the bore (10); providing an expandable, second tu... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090024 | Tubing anchor A method of anchoring tubing in a bore comprising: providing tubing having a section with outer surface portions defining a tubing profile, and configured to describe an outer diameter less than a first diameter. The tubing is located within a bore having an interna... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7082998 | Systems and methods for placing a braided, tubular sleeve in a well bore Systems and methods for placing a tubular, braided sleeve in a well bore. The sleeve is positioned within an interior of a carrier configured to hold the sleeve in an undeployed position, followed by lowering the carrier into the well bore. The sleeve may be used in... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7069995 | Remedial system to flush contaminants from tubing string A method of cleaning debris from a string of production tubing in a well enables removal without pulling the string of rods that extend through the tubing. A rotary pump is suspended to a lower end of the tubing for pumping well fluid through the tubing to a wellhea... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063143 | Docking station assembly and methods for use in a wellbore The present invention provides apparatus and methods for controlling and/or powering downhole components without the need for control and/or power lines extending from the components to the surface of the well and without the need for power or control lines to be in... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051806 | Internal slip connector An internal slip connector useful for attaching tools or other devices to the inside wall of a conduit, the connector having a mandrel with a head end, a threaded end, a reduced-diameter shaft section disposed between the head end and the threaded end, two abutting ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7011344 | Connector and method of use of the connector A connector for connection of a pipe end portion of coiled tubing adapted for connecting a piece of downhole equipment. The connector is formed by three separate parts that can be screwed together two and two, of which a radially inner shrinkable adapter sleeve comp... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004249 | Method of transferring fluids through a permeable well lining A fluid is transferred between surface facilities and a subsurface reservoir formation through a well, which is equipped with a well lining having a permeability of less than 50 Darcy and preferably a lower permeability than at least part of the reservoir formation ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997266 | Expandable hanger and packer A first tubular is disposed coaxially within a portion of a second, larger tubular. A portion of the first tubular is expanded into frictional contact with the second tubular, thereby creating a liner and a hanger. In one embodiment, a pattern of grooves and profile... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955225 | Method of and apparatus for securing capillary tubing in a wellhead A body having a bore therethrough for insertion of capillary tubing. A first means slidably coupled into the bore of the body frictionally restrains movement of the tubing by hydraulically engaging the periphery of the tubing with an elastomeric compressible sealing... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953307 | Apparatus for assembling a liner Apparatus for assembling a liner (25) from a plurality of longitudinal sections of flexible material (161, 162) having longitudinal edges adapted to be joined one to another to form the liner. The apparatus comprises a path means along which the longit... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6938690 | Downhole tool and method for fracturing a subterranean well formation A downhole tool for fracturing a subterranean formation according to which a tool having a plurality of discharge jets or nozzles is located in a spaced relation to a wall of the formation to form an annulus between the nozzles and the formation. An acid-containing,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926082 | Wireline fishing safety sleeve A safety sleeve used with a wireline connection where the safety sleeve comprises an elongated body with an axial aperture formed along its axis. The wireline connection connects a severed wireline and can be comprised of a fishing spear and a fishing overshot. The ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6915849 | Apparatus and methods for conveying instrumentation within a borehole using continuous sucker rod The present invention provides an apparatus and method for conveying downhole tools within a borehole using a continuous rod. The apparatus may include a continuous rod, a downhole tool attached to one end of the continuous rod, and a delivery rig for lowering the c... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6896057 | Connector for expandable well screen A tubing connection arrangement that includes two expandable tubing sections is disclosed. In one embodiment, each of the tubing sections includes a filter screen sandwiched between inner expandable tubing and outer expandable tubing. On expansion of the tubing sect... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6863279 | Redundant seal design for composite risers with metal liners The present invention discloses redundant sealing systems for composite risers having metal liner assemblies and methods of preventing interior fluid leakage to the outside of composite risers. An elastomeric seal is formed between an elastomeric tip provided on the... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6863137 | Well system A drilling system includes a work string supporting a bottom hole assembly. The work string including lengths of pipe having a non-metallic portion. The work string preferably includes a composite umbilical having a fluid impermeable liner, multiple load carrying la... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6834716 | Water well including a pump A hose and wire combination adapted to provide water and electrical connections to a water well pump includes a hose adapted to bear water, a resilient-material conduit affixed to and extending longitudinally along the exterior of the hose and having a longitudinall... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6823943 | Strippable collapsed well liner A method of providing a liner which can be rolled up on a reel for convenient transport and which can be unrolled into the bore of an oil or gas well and expanded to the approximate bore size of the casing size which the liner was run through and is collapsed in a w... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6808024 | Downhole seal assembly and method for use of same A seal assembly (60) for controlling the flow of fluids in an annulus (68) between a continuous tubular (62) and a cased wellbore (64) is disclosed. The seal assembly (60) includes anchor slips (72) and a seal element (78... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6799632 | Expandable metal liner for downhole components A liner for an annular downhole component is comprised of an expandable metal tube having indentations along its surface. The indentations are formed in the wall of the tube either by drawing the tube through a die, by hydroforming, by stamping, or roll forming and ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6729398 | Methods of downhole testing subterranean formations and associated apparatus therefor Methods and apparatus are provided which permit well testing operations to be performed downhole in a subterranean well. In various described methods, fluids flowed from a formation during a test may be disposed of downhole by injecting the fluids into the formation... | 05/04/2004 |
