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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162062 | Offshore well intervention lift frame and method An improved motion compensator device that includes a compensated framework for various types of well intervention operations where a stable work area is required that is stationary to the sea bed and equipment in the annulus. The device is intended for use on offsh... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157013 | Tensioner system with recoil controls A tensioner system for an offshore drilling rig for drilling a well with recoil controls is disclosed herein. The tensioner system can include removable independently operable riser tensioner assemblies. Each removable independently operable riser tensioner assembly... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141644 | System, method, and apparatus for a corrosion-resistant sleeve for riser tensioner cylinder rod A riser tensioner cylinder rod incorporates a thin, corrosion-resistant alloy tube over a pre-machined steel alloy rod. The tube is swedged at one end and expanded to the inner surface of a split die. A gradual tapered surface on a stretching die provides a smooth t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7934561 | Depth compensated subsea passive heave compensator A depth compensated passive eave compensator comprises a first cylinder connected at its upper end to a vessel. A piston rod extends from a piston located within the first cylinder through the lower end thereof and is connected to subsea equipment. A second cylinder... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7886828 | Floating vessel for supporting top tension drilling and production risers A floating vessel for supporting top tension drilling and production risers having a hull and an operation deck disposed on top of the hull. A tensioner assembly for moveably carrying a conductor that communicates from a wellhead to a piece of well access equipment.... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7823646 | Riser tensioner with lubricant reservoir A tensioner for an offshore structure has inner and outer barrels engaging each other for movement between retracted and extended positions. The barrels are filled with gas pressure. A primary seal is located between the inner and outer barrels at the open end of th... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819195 | External high pressure fluid reservoir for riser tensioner cylinder assembly A riser tensioner has inner and outer cylindrical barrels that telescopingly engage each other. A small external tank is mounted outside of the barrels for communicating a small quantity of hydraulic fluid the seals between the inner and outer barrels. The external ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7793723 | Submerged loading system An offshore system allows a vessel (12) to sail to a predetermined sea location (14), quickly set up a loading system and start the transfer of hydrocarbons to or from a pipeline (22), and then quickly disconnect and sail away. The vessel is a D... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7784546 | Tension lift frame used as a jacking frame An offshore oil well drilling assembly is provided that includes an offshore platform; and a tension lift frame, which supports a coiled tubing injector and a blow out preventer connected thereto and for further connection to a wellhead, wherein the tension lift fra... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7748464 | Subsea well communications apparatus and method using variable tension large offset risers The current subject matter relates to compliant variable tension risers to connect deep-water subsea wellheads to a single floating platform in wet tree or dry try systems. The variable tension risers allow several subsea wellheads, in water depths from 1220 to 3050... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7712539 | Riser for connection between a vessel and a point at the seabed A riser for connection between a vessel and a fixed connection point on the seabed, in the form of an “L”, where the bottom riser arm is connected to the fixed point (2) on the seabed and the top riser arm (3) is connected to the vessel at the poin... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7686085 | System, method, and apparatus for sleeved tensioner rod with annular adhesive retention A corrosion-resistant alloy tube is formed and bonded to a pre-machined steel alloy rod to form a riser tensioner cylinder rod. During assembly, an epoxy is injected into an annular space between the tube and rod and then cured. The bonded tube is ground to a desire... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7628206 | Dry tree subsea well communications apparatus using variable tension large offset risers Disclosed are compliant variable tension risers (106) to connect deep-water subsea wellheads (102) to a single floating platform (104). The variable tension risers (106) allow several subsea wellheads (102), in water depths from 4,... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7591316 | Production system A known deepwater solution for production risers for extracting oil and gas is the SLOR™ riser. The design of the SLOR™ riser is not compatible with large numbers of risers and thus there is a need for a deep water riser that can be deployed in large numbers, fo... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7530399 | Delivery system for downhole use A delivery system for downhole use comprising an elongate delivery member, such as a length of wireline cable or coiled tubing, an injector to control the insertion of the delivery member into the well, and a storage device such as a reel to store at least a portion... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7458425 | System and method of installing and maintaining an offshore exploration and production system having an adjustable buoyancy chamber A system and method of establishing an offshore exploration and production system is disclosed, in which a well casing is disposed in communication with an adjustable buoyancy chamber and a well hole bored into the floor of a body of water. A lower connecting member... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7438505 | Heave compensated snubbing system and method A heave compensation system to enable the transfer of tubulars between a floating platform and a snubbing jack. The heave compensation system includes a first end connected to the floating platform and a second end in connection with a traveling slip assembly of the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416025 | Subsea well communications apparatus and method using variable tension large offset risers Disclosed are compliant variable tension risers (106) to connect deep-water subsea wellheads (102) to a single floating platform (104) in wet tree or dry try systems. The variable tension risers (106) allow several subsea wellheads (10... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404443 | Compensation system for a jacking frame An offshore oil well platform assembly is provided that includes a jacking frame, which supports a coiled tubing injector, which in turn is connected to a wellhead during a coiled tubing operation; and a compensation system. The compensation system includes a force ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401641 | Vertically oriented direct exchange/geothermal heating/cooling system sub-surface tubing installation means A system for installing sub-surface fluid transport tubing and pressure testing coupling seals in a vertically oriented geothermal heating/cooling system installation, and particularly in a direct exchange system installation, includes providing an elevated containm... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7373985 | Two-part telescopic tensioner for risers at a floating installation for oil and gas production A tensioning device (15) for a riser (5) connecting a subsea borehole (7) with a floating installation (1) on the surface of the sea (11), where the tensioning device (15) is provided with telescoping tubes (27, 27′... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363968 | Umbilical reel safety release The method of preventing over tension to an umbilical wrapped on the spool of an offshore reel when the umbilical is unexpectedly pulled from the spool on the reel, comprising providing a main disk, mounting the main disk on the spool of the reel with a slip connect... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357184 | Jacking frame having a wellhead centralizer and method of use A jacking frame for an oil well offshore platform is provided that includes a support structure; a coiled tubing injector supported by the support structure and having a longitudinal axis; and a centralizer attached to the support structure, which moves a wellhead o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337849 | Co-linear tensioner and methods of installing and removing same The invention is directed to a tensioner for providing linear and angular movement of a drilling or production facility relative to a conduit or riser secured to the tensioner and to the wellhead in offshore operations. The tensioner compensates for vessel motion in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334967 | Method and arrangement by a workover riser connection A slip joint for a riser between a well and a floating petroleum installation, for example an oil platform. The slip joint includes, an outer pipe and an inner pipe, the pipes arranged to enable telescopic movement relative to one another in order to compensate for ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328741 | System for sensing riser motion A riser monitoring assembly is provided to monitor and manage a riser extending between subsea well equipment and a floating vessel. A riser measurement instrument module is connected adjacent a selected portion of the riser provides dynamic orientation data for the... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7329070 | Ram-type tensioner assembly with accumulators A tensioner assembly having a fully extended position, a fully retracted position and a plurality of extended positions there between, for supporting a riser extending downwardly from a platform to a subsea wellhead. The tensioner assembly can have a riser conductor... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7314087 | Heave compensation system for hydraulic workover The present invention relates generally to offshore drilling and production operations, and, more particularly, to marine drilling workover/intervention tensioning and compensating devices and methodologies. A heave compensated hydraulic workover device and/or syste... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308934 | Fracturing isolation sleeve An apparatus operatively coupled to a well having a production casing positioned therein, the apparatus including a first device having and internal bore, a second device having an internal bore, and a fracture isolation sleeve disposed at least partially within the... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306404 | Device and a method for well intervention A handling device for well intervention, the handling device being releasably connected, in an operative position, to a riser and to a heave compensator which is arranged to maintain a prescribed tensioning of the riser. The handling device comprising: a lower riser... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7281585 | Offshore coiled tubing heave compensation control system An offshore oil well assembly is provided that includes a floating vessel and a coiled tubing injector supported on the floating vessel. A coiled tubing string is movable by the injector into and out of a wellbore. The assembly also includes at least one measurement... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252159 | Underwater rock boring apparatus having differential global positioning system receiver and boring method thereof The present invention relates to an underwater rock boring apparatus having differential global positioning system receiver and boring method thereof, new boring technology—a satellite navigation device orients the accurate position of a target—is brought to the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249633 | Release tool for coiled tubing A bottom hole assembly for use with fracturing or fracing a wellbore using coiled tubing is described having a first packing element and a second packing element on a mandrel. The bottom hole assembly may be run into the wellbore such that the packing elements strad... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240736 | Drilling and producing deep water subsea wells Subsea wells are drilled and completed with an offshore floating platform in a manner that allows simultaneous work on more than one well. A first well is drilled and casing. Then a tubing hanger is run through a drilling riser and landed in the wellhead housing. Th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241077 | Underwater installation apparatus A running tool for deployment from a base such as a vessel for installing a component at an underwater facility such as a hydrocarbon extraction well includes a carriage which is lowered from the base. The carriage releasably retains the component. A compensator is ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231981 | Inline compensator for a floating drill rig An apparatus and method for protecting against the problems associated with heave of a floating drilling rig are disclosed. The disclosed invention is a unique inline compensator in which a plurality of cylinders housed within a tubular housing and a plurality of lo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228898 | Gravel pack completion with fluid loss control fiber optic wet connect A gravel pack completion with fluid loss control and fiber optic wet connect. In a described embodiment, a system for completing a subterranean well includes multiple assemblies installed in a wellbore. Each assembly has a fiber optic line. The fiber optic lines are... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225877 | Subsea intervention fluid transfer system A system for subsea transfer of intervention fluids to a subsea intervention apparatus, the system, in certain aspects, including a structure and a frame pivotably mounted thereto, a plurality of frame fluid conduits on the frame for conducting fluid from a connecto... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225873 | Coiled tubing cutter A cutting module to sever a tubing in a well includes a piston and shear blade. The piston includes at least two moveable telescoping elements, which are adapted to expand the first piston from a retracted length to an expanded length. The shear blade is connected t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219739 | Heave compensation system for hydraulic workover The present invention relates generally to offshore drilling and production operations, and, more particularly, to marine drilling workover/intervention tensioning and compensating devices and methodologies. A heave compensated hydraulic workover device and/or syste... | 05/22/2007 |
