Patents by Inventor Abdullah Al-Yami
Abdullah Al-Yami has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11970423Abstract: Cement compositions of the present disclosure include a cement precursor, water, and a cement retarder that includes hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. In particular, the cement compositions include from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % cement precursor, from 5 wt. % to 70 wt. % water, and from 0.1 percent by weight of cement (BWOC) to 10 percent BWOC cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. The hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives provide increased thickening time to the cement compositions at downhole temperatures of greater than or equal to 50° C. The present disclosure further includes methods of cementing a wellbore using the cement compositions with the cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Al Safran
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Patent number: 11898087Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a cement dispersant for cement compositions wherein the cement dispersant is a polynaphthalene sulfonate salt having a weight average molecular weight of from 2500 g/mol to 3000 g/mol. The cement compositions are of from 10 weight percent to 70 weight percent of a cement precursor based on the total weight of the cement composition, from 5 weight percent to 70 weight percent water based on the total weight of the cement composition, and from 0.001 percent by weight of cement (BWOC) to 1.0 percent BWOC the cement dispersant. The cement dispersant provides improved rheological properties, allowing for good cement dispensing and increased presence of weighting agents.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khawlah A. Alanqari, Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al-Safran
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Patent number: 11840660Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries have, among other attributes, an extended thickening time, leading to improved retardation, flowability, and pumpability and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry includes water, microfine cement material, and bisphenol-F diglycidyl ether resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Mohammed Alawami, Pratyush Singh, Vikrant Wagle, Husain A. Buwaidi, Ahmad A. Omair
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Patent number: 11827841Abstract: A method of treating a lost circulation zone may include positioning a cured lost circulation material composition in the lost circulation zone of a subterranean natural resource well to produce a barrier operable to mitigate wellbore fluids from passing into the lost circulation zone. The cured lost circulation material composition may be a foam comprising a gas phase and a liquid phase. The cured lost circulation material composition may include a cured bisphenol epoxy resin, one or more surfactants positioned at the interface of the liquid phase and the gas phase of the foam and carbon dioxide in the gas phase of the foam. The cured bisphenol epoxy resin may be a reaction product of a bisphenol epoxy resin system including uncured bisphenol epoxy resin, one or more curing agents, and optionally, a diluent. The carbon dioxide may be a reaction product of one or more carbon dioxide gas-generating compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al Safran, Mohammad Alharthi
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Publication number: 20230323183Abstract: A wellbore fluid composition is provided that includes an aqueous base fluid and at least one ethylene ammonium salt having a number average molecular weight in a range of 250 to 500 grams per mole. A method of drilling a wellbore is also provided. the method includes circulating an aqueous drilling fluid into the wellbore while drilling, wherein the aqueous drilling fluid includes at least one ethylene ammonium salt. The aqueous drilling fluid further includes a pH value from 6.5 to 7.5. The method of drilling a wellbore further includes recovering shale cuttings while maintaining wellbore stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Omprakash Pal, Ali Al-Safran, Mohammad Alharthi, Sara Alkhalaf
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Patent number: 11725130Abstract: A cement slurry in a downhole well has a composition that includes a cement in an amount of 60% to 80% by weight of the cement slurry, water in an amount of 20% to 40% by weight of the cement slurry, and a retarder in an amount of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the cement slurry. The cement includes 70% to 90% of at least one silicate by weight of the cement. The retarder includes sodium lignosulfonate with an alkali content of no more than 5.0 g Na2O equivalent/liter of admixture.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran
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Publication number: 20230219847Abstract: Cement compositions of the present disclosure include a cement precursor, water, and a cement retarder that includes hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. In particular, the cement compositions include from 10 wt.% to 70 wt.% cement precursor, from 5 wt.% to 70 wt.% water, and from 0.1 percent by weight of cement (BWOC) to 10 percent BWOC cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. The hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives provide increased thickening time to the cement compositions at downhole temperatures of greater than or equal to 50° C. The present disclosure further includes methods of cementing a wellbore using the cement compositions with the cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Al Safran
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Publication number: 20230203363Abstract: A method of treating a lost circulation zone may include positioning a cured lost circulation material composition in the lost circulation zone of a subterranean natural resource well to produce a barrier operable to mitigate wellbore fluids from passing into the lost circulation zone. The cured lost circulation material composition may be a foam comprising a gas phase and a liquid phase. The cured lost circulation material composition may include a cured bisphenol epoxy resin, one or more surfactants positioned at the interface of the liquid phase and the gas phase of the foam and carbon dioxide in the gas phase of the foam. The cured bisphenol epoxy resin may be a reaction product of a bisphenol epoxy resin system including uncured bisphenol epoxy resin, one or more curing agents, and optionally, a diluent. The carbon dioxide may be a reaction product of one or more carbon dioxide gas-generating compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al Safran, Mohammad Alharthi
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Publication number: 20230193111Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries have, among other attributes, an extended thickening time, leading to improved retardation, flowability, and pumpability and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry includes water, microfine cement material, and bisphenol-F diglycidyl ether resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Mohammed Alawami, Pratyush Singh, Vikrant Wagle, Husain A. Buwaidi, Ahmad A. Omair
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Publication number: 20230151260Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a cement dispersant for cement compositions wherein the cement dispersant is a polynaphthalene sulfonate salt having a weight average molecular weight of from 2500 g/mol to 3000 g/mol. The cement compositions are of from 10 weight percent to 70 weight percent of a cement precursor based on the total weight of the cement composition, from 5 weight percent to 70 weight percent water based on the total weight of the cement composition, and from 0.001 percent by weight of cement (BWOC) to 1.0 percent BWOC the cement dispersant. The cement dispersant provides improved rheological properties, allowing for good cement dispensing and increased presence of weighting agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khawlah A. Alanqari, Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al-Safran
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Patent number: 11624020Abstract: A method of reducing lost circulation includes introducing a lost circulation solution comprising Saudi Arabian volcanic ash, a curing agent, and a resin into a subsurface formation through a wellbore, wherein the Saudi Arabian volcanic ash comprises SO3, CaO, SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, MgO, and K2O; and allowing the lost circulation solution to thicken within the subsurface formation, thereby forming a barrier between the subsurface formation and the wellbore to reduce lost circulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khawlah A. Alanqari, Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al-Safran
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Publication number: 20230108150Abstract: A cement slurry in a downhole well has a composition that includes a cement in an amount of 60% to 80% by weight of the cement slurry, water in an amount of 20% to 40% by weight of the cement slurry, and a retarder in an amount of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the cement slurry. The cement includes 70% to 90% of at least one silicate by weight of the cement. The retarder includes sodium lignosulfonate with an alkali content of no more than 5.0 g Na2O equivalent/liter of admixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran
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Patent number: 11591507Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a drilling fluid may include a base fluid, one or more formaldehyde-based resins, and one or more water-soluble acid catalysts. The base fluid may include an aqueous or non-aqueous solution. The one or more water-soluble acid catalysts may be present in an amount sufficient to reduce the pH of the drilling fluid to less than or equal to 6. The present disclosure also describes sealed subterranean petroleum formations that include such drilling fluids and methods for sealing subterranean wellbores by utilizing such drilling fluids.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Abdulaziz Alhehal
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Patent number: 11566157Abstract: Water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and a mixture of polyethylene polyamines in an amount of from 1 lbm/bbl to 20 lbm/bbl relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. The polyethylene polyamines of the mixture may have a first chemical structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x may be an integer greater than or equal to 3. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the water-based drilling fluid having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. Methods for drilling a subterranean well with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Sara Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami
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Patent number: 11535787Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a spacer fluid includes an aqueous fluid, a weighting agent, and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % relative to the total weight of the spacer fluid. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the spacer fluid having the first structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the spacer fluid having the first structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer. Methods for cementing a casing in a wellbore using the spacer fluid are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran
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Patent number: 11535785Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a drilling fluid may include a base fluid and one or more formaldehyde-based resins. The drilling fluid may further comprise one or more water-soluble acid catalyst precursors or the reaction products of such water-soluble acid catalyst precursors. The base fluid may include an aqueous or non-aqueous solution. The present disclosure also describes sealed subterranean petroleum formations that include such drilling fluids and methods for sealing subterranean wellbores by utilizing such drilling fluids.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Nasser Alalhareth
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Patent number: 11535557Abstract: A retarder mixture for oil and gas well cementing includes a lignosulfonate compound and at least one hydrolyzed carbohydrate. A method includes blending the retarder mixture and a cement precursor to form a cement precursor mixture and introducing water into the cement precursor mixture to form a cement mixture. The cement mixture is pumped down a well and cures to form a cement sheath containing the cement precursor and the retarder mixture.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran
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Patent number: 11530346Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing drilling fluid compositions containing treated calcium bentonite. One such method includes mixing calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition. Another method includes mixing the calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash and magnesium oxide, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Salem Alshammari, Vikrant Wagle, Hussain Albahrani, Zainab Alsaihati, Mohammad Alawami, Ali Al-Safran, Nasser Al-Alhareth, Abdullah Al-Awadh, Abdulaziz Alhelal
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Publication number: 20220363971Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a spacer fluid includes an aqueous fluid, a weighting agent, and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % relative to the total weight of the spacer fluid. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the spacer fluid having the first structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the spacer fluid having the first structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer. Methods for cementing a casing in a wellbore using the spacer fluid are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran
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Publication number: 20220332644Abstract: A retarder mixture for oil and gas well cementing includes a lignosulfonate compound and at least one hydrolyzed carbohydrate. A method includes blending the retarder mixture and a cement precursor to form a cement precursor mixture and introducing water into the cement precursor mixture to form a cement mixture. The cement mixture is pumped down a well and cures to form a cement sheath containing the cement precursor and the retarder mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran