79 patents
Utility
Ballistically actuated wellbore tool
5 Dec 23
Exemplary embodiments of an instantaneously expanding, ballistically actuated wellbore plug and associated systems and methods are disclosed.
Christian Eitschberger, Thilo Scharf, Gernot Uwe Burmeister
Filed: 17 Jul 20
Utility
Adapter assembly for use with a wellbore tool string
14 Nov 23
An adapter assembly for use with a wellbore tool string may include a tandem seal adapter (TSA) having a TSA body extending along an axial direction and a collar having a collar body formed in a substantially annular shape and extending in the axial direction.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 8 Dec 21
Utility
Oriented perforating system
7 Nov 23
An orientable perforating gun assembly may include a gun housing with a charge carrier and shaped charge positioned within an interior space of the gun housing, in fixed orientation relative to the gun housing.
Christian Eitschberger, Gernot Uwe Burmeister
Filed: 7 Jun 22
Utility
System and method to deploy and control autonomous devices
7 Nov 23
A system for deploying an untethered drone is provided.
Andreas Robert Zemla, Christian Eitschberger, Liam McNelis, Thilo Scharf, Shmuel Silverman
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Perforating gun assembly with performance optimized shaped charge load
24 Oct 23
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 assembly having seal element of tandem seal adapter and coupling of housing intersecting with a common plane perpendicular to longitudinal axis
17 Oct 23
A perforating gun assembly may include a first housing extending along a longitudinal axis and a tandem seal adapter (TSA).
Frank Haron Preiss, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 2 Apr 21
Utility
Shaped charge holder and perforating gun
3 Oct 23
A shaped charge holder includes a body, a cavity formed in the body and extending along a central axis of the body, and a plurality of shaped charge receptacles formed in the body and circumferentially arranged around the central axis.
Christian Eitschberger, Arash Shahinpour, Gernot Uwe Burmeister, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 31 Jan 22
Utility
Low voltage primary free detonator
19 Sep 23
Embodiments of a low-voltage, non-primary explosive detonator (110) may include a detonator shell (120) having an open end (122), a closed end (124), and a hollow interior (125) between the open and closed ends.
Liam McNelis, Joerg Bergmann
Filed: 19 May 21
Utility
Shaped power charge with integrated initiator
19 Sep 23
A power charge for actuating a wellbore tool.
Joern Olaf Loehken, Liam McNelis, Denis Will
Filed: 29 Sep 20
Utility
Gas driven wireline release tool
12 Sep 23
According to some embodiments, systems and methods of releasing a wireline from a tool string in a well are presented.
Christian Eitschberger, Thilo Scharf, Gernot Uwe Burmeister
Filed: 19 Dec 22
Utility
Perforating gun system and method of use
12 Sep 23
According to some embodiments, a shaped charge inlay includes an upper edge that extends inward and horizontal to an edge of a shaped charge casing associated with a shaped charge.
Joern Olaf Loehken, Denis Will, Bernd Fricke, Atakan Sever
Filed: 2 Jun 21
Utility
Orienting perforation gun assembly
22 Aug 23
According to some embodiments, a system is presented for orienting one or more shaped charge within a well.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 8 Feb 23
Utility
Pressure bulkhead structure with integrated selective electronic switch circuitry
22 Aug 23
Pressure-isolating bulkhead structures with integrated selective electronic switches circuitry are provided.
Christian Eitschberger, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 21 Oct 20
Utility
Bulkhead
1 Aug 23
A bulkhead may include a fixed body having an exterior fixed body surface, a first cover having a first large region and a first small region, a second cover having a second large region and a second small region, a seal element, a first electrical contact, and a second electrical contact.
Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 22 Feb 22
Utility
Firing head and method of utilizing a firing head
27 Jun 23
A firing head assembly may include a tubular housing; a valve slidably disposed within the tubular housing; a lock mandrel disposed in the tubular housing between the valve and the tubular housing second end; a firing pin holder disposed in the tubular housing between the lock mandrel and the tubular housing second end; an engagement mechanism operably contacting the lock mandrel and the firing pin holder latch.
Thomas Ryan Brady
Filed: 15 Oct 21
Utility
Electronic ignition circuit
27 Jun 23
An electronic ignition circuit for use with a fuse head may include a microcontroller, a firing capacitor operably coupled to the fuse head, a voltage measuring circuit operably coupled to the microcontroller and configured to measure a voltage across the firing capacitor, and a switch operably coupled to the microcontroller, the switch being provided in series with the fuse head and a ground.
Andreas Robert Zemla, Sascha Thieltges, Frank Graziola
Filed: 23 Nov 21
Utility
Perforating gun assembly and wellbore tool string with tandem seal adapter
30 May 23
A perforating gun may include a gun carrier extending in an axial direction and a tandem seal adapter (TSA).
Frank Haron Preiss, Thilo Scharf, Liam McNelis, Eric Mulhern, David C. Parks, Christian Eitschberger
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Autonomous perforating drone
30 May 23
According to some embodiments, an autonomous perforating drone for downhole delivery of a wellbore tool, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed.
Christian Eitschberger, Liam McNelis, Thilo Scharf, Andreas Robert Zemla, Shmuel Silverman, Gernot Uwe Burmeister, Arash Shahinpour
Filed: 8 Jun 22
Utility
Detonator positioning device
16 May 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: 14 Aug 19
Utility
Detonation activated wireline release tool
25 Apr 23
A detonator activated wireline release tool is provided for use in geological well operations that enables the wireline cable to be easily released from tool string equipment upon activation of a detonator housed within the release tool.
Eric Mulhern, Thilo Scharf
Filed: 15 Mar 21