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James E. Chitwood
Also filed as: CHITWOOD JAMES E
25 granted patents·2 pending applications·745 citations·filing 1998–2022
96Inventor score
Files withSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC11SMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC5SMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION3WEATHERFORD LAMB3VAIL III WILLIAM BANNING2
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27 records- 0197US6868906B1Closed-loop conveyance systems for well servicingWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 22, 2005·191 cites·29 claims
- 0296US7325606B1Methods and apparatus to convey electrical pumping systems into wellbores to complete oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 5, 2008·85 cites·23 claims
- 0396US6857486B2High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehiclesSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2005·201 cites·7 claims
- 0493US9656801B2Underwater storage tank and fill control mechanismSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2016·Granted May 23, 2017·8 cites·25 claims
- 0590US9079639B2Large volume subsea chemical storage and metering systemSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 14, 2015·12 cites·28 claims
- 0689US7836950B2Methods and apparatus to convey electrical pumping systems into wellbores to complete oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·35 cites·13 claims
- 0788US9027673B2Universal drilling and completion systemVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 2011·Granted May 12, 2015·14 cites·17 claims
- 0882US11435722B2Subsea smart electric control unitSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2019·Granted Sep 6, 2022·4 cites·17 claims
- 0982US7032658B2High power umbilicals for electric flowline immersion heating of produced hydrocarbonsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·62 cites·2 claims
- 1081US8353348B2High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehiclesSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 15, 2013·22 cites·12 claims
- 1180US9156609B2Large subsea package deployment methods and devicesSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 13, 2015·5 cites·20 claims
- 1280US8651177B2Long-lasting hydraulic seals for smart shuttles, for coiled tubing injectors, and for pipeline pigsVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 18, 2014·20 cites·20 claims
- 1377US7311151B2Substantially neutrally buoyant and positively buoyant electrically heated flowlines for production of subsea hydrocarbonsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 25, 2007·50 cites·4 claims
- 1476US10046907B2Underwater storage tank and fill control mechanismSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2017·Granted Aug 14, 2018·2 cites·8 claims
- 1574US10232919B2Multi-vessel process to install and recover subsea equipment packagesSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 19, 2019·3 cites·28 claims
- 1670US9587435B2Universal drilling and completion systemSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 7, 2017·2 cites·1 claims
- 1769US9284780B2Drilling apparatusSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 15, 2016·3 cites·9 claims
- 1868US11554839B2Method to install, adjust and recover buoyancy material from subsea facilitiesSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 17, 2023·0 cites·15 claims
- 1968US10174572B2Universal drilling and completion systemSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 8, 2019·1 cites·19 claims
- 2066US11549340B2Well annulus fluid expansion storage deviceSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 10, 2023·1 cites·21 claims
- 2162US2022380118A1Subsea material delivery structureSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2019·Application pending·0 cites
- 2258US11319040B2Method to install, adjust and recover buoyancy material from subsea facilitiesSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2018·Granted May 3, 2022·0 cites·4 claims
- 2358US10689927B2Universal drilling and completion systemSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2019·Granted Jun 23, 2020·0 cites·9 claims
- 2452US8876960B2Method and system for transporting and processing sour fluidsKALINOWSKI DAVID W·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 4, 2014·1 cites·8 claims
- 2551US9878761B2Large subsea package deployment methods and devicesSAFE MARINE TRANSFER LLC·Filed 2015·Granted Jan 30, 2018·0 cites·19 claims
- 2647US6109834AComposite tubular and methodsTEXACO INC·Filed 1998·Granted Aug 29, 2000·23 cites·53 claims
- 2739US2008149343A1High power umbilicals for electric flowline immersion heating of produced hydrocarbonsCHITWOOD JAMES E·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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