144 patents
Design
Shaped charge casing
21 Mar 23
Christian Eitschberger, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
Perforating gun system with electrical connection assemblies
21 Mar 23
Components for a perforation gun system are provided including combinations of components that facilitate electrically linking multiple perforation guns to one another with wireless electrical contacts.
Frank Haron Preiss, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, Thilo Scharf, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 5 Mar 20
Utility
Selective untethered drone string for downhole oil and gas wellbore operations
28 Feb 23
According to some embodiments, devices, systems, and methods for autonomously or semi-autonomously conveying downhole oil and gas wellbore tools and performing downhole oil and gas wellbore operations are disclosed.
Christian Eitschberger, Andreas Robert Zemla, Liam McNelis, Thilo Scharf, Shmuel Silverman, Arash Shahinpour, Gernot Uwe Burmeister
Filed: 12 Apr 19
Utility
Single use setting tool for actuating a tool in a wellbore
14 Feb 23
A single use setting tool and associated method for actuating a tool in a wellbore may include an inner piston having a piston proximal end, a piston distal end, and a piston annular wall that defines a piston cavity.
Christian Eitschberger, Dimitri Riesen, Thilo Scharf, Arash Shahinpour, Robert J Staats, Joern Olaf Loehken, Denis Will, Liam McNelis, Jason Schroeder
Filed: 21 Jul 21
Utility
Inspection tool for a perforating gun segment
14 Feb 23
An inspection tool and associated methods for testing physical and electrical properties of a perforating gun and sending the perforating gun to a wellbore site with at least one of an electrical property and a dimension that has been previously verified.
Christian Eitschberger, Stefan Volberg
Filed: 27 Jan 21
Utility
Shaped Charge Liner with Multi-material Particles
9 Feb 23
Embodiments relate to a liner for a shaped charge.
Joern Olaf Loehken
Filed: 8 Aug 22
Utility
Detonator Positioning Device
26 Jan 23
A detonator positioning device for use with a detonator in a perforating gun assembly is described.
Christian Eitschberger, Gernot Uwe Burmeister, Thomas Keller Bradfield, Frank Haron Preiss, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
System and Method for Navigating a Wellbore and Determining Location In a Wellbore
26 Jan 23
A wellbore positioning system includes a first wellbore casing element bearing a first magnetic pattern that encodes first information associated with the wellbore or a drone.
Andreas Robert Zemla, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 21 Jul 22
Utility
Alignment Sub and Perforating Gun Assembly with Alignment Sub
19 Jan 23
A perforating gun assembly may include a first perforating gun housing, a first shaped charge provided within the first perforating gun housing, and an alignment sub coupled to the first perforating gun housing.
Christian Eitschberger, Eric Mulhern
Filed: 29 Sep 22
Utility
Initiator Head with Circuit Board
19 Jan 23
An initiator head may include a housing extending in an axial direction, a circuit board provided in an interior space of the housing, a line-in terminal provided on a first side of the housing in the axial direction and accessible from an exterior of the housing, and a fuse displaced from the circuit board in the axial direction.
Christian Eitschberger, Sascha Thieltges, Dimitri Riesen
Filed: 10 Dec 20
Utility
Initiator head assembly
10 Jan 23
An initiator head assembly may include a body and an electrical contact component positioned proximal to the body.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 25 Jun 21
Utility
Tandem seal adapter for use with a wellbore tool, and wellbore tool string including a tandem seal adapter
3 Jan 23
A tandem seal adapter (TSA) for use with a wellbore tool may include a TSA body including a first end and a second end opposite the first end in an axial direction, a bore extending through the TSA body from the first end to the second end, an electrical contact assembly provided within the bore, the electrical contact assembly being configured to provide electrical connectivity through the bore.
Frank Haron Preiss, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 31 Aug 20
Utility
Perforating Gun Assembly with Performance Optimized Shaped Charge Load
22 Dec 22
Disclosed embodiments may relate to perforating gun assemblies configured for use in unconventional wells, for example in rock formations with low permeability.
Christian Eitschberger, Liam McNelis, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 26 Aug 22
Utility
Perforating gun module with monolithic shaped charge positioning device
13 Dec 22
A perforating gun module may include a gun housing including a housing chamber and a shaped charge positioning device provided in the housing chamber.
Christian Eitschberger, Gernot Uwe Burmeister, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Perforating Gun Orientation System
24 Nov 22
A perforating gun system may include a first gun carrier and a second gun carrier connected to the first gun carrier.
Frank Haron Preiss, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 28 Jul 22
Utility
Perforating gun assembly with performance optimized shaped charge load
15 Nov 22
Disclosed embodiments may relate to perforating gun assemblies configured for use in unconventional wells, for example in rock formations with low permeability.
Christian Eitschberger, Liam McNelis, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Closure member and encapsulated slotted shaped charge with closure member
8 Nov 22
A shaped charge closure member for encapsulating a slotted shaped charge is described.
Liam McNelis, Arash Shahinpour, Joerg Mueller, Frank Haron Preiss
Filed: 16 Feb 21
Design
Gun housing
1 Nov 22
Stefan Volberg
Filed: 30 Apr 20
Utility
Delivery system
1 Nov 22
A drone conveyance system for deploying drones into an oil or gas wellbore is described.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 16 Oct 20
Utility
Modular perforating gun system
25 Oct 22
A modular, stackable charge holder for a perforating gun assembly.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 16 Dec 20