Patents by Inventor Adel Ali Al-Qahtani

Adel Ali Al-Qahtani 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).

  • Patent number: 11859469
    Abstract: A production stream is received from a well formed in a subterranean formation. The production stream includes a gaseous portion and a liquid portion. The liquid portion has a base sediment and water (BS&W) percentage. At least a portion of the gaseous portion of the production stream is combusted to produce a flaring byproduct stream. The flaring byproduct stream is flowed through a coiled tubing to the well. The BS&W percentage of the liquid portion of the production stream is measured. The flow of the flaring byproduct stream to the well is decreased in response to the BS&W percentage reaching a threshold BS&W percentage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Muath Fahad Almuayli, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11846166
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventors: Misfer Almarri, Waheed Syed Arshad, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11643914
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Misfer Almarri, Waheed Syed Arshad, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20230120702
    Abstract: A production stream is received from a well formed in a subterranean formation. The production stream includes a gaseous portion and a liquid portion. The liquid portion has a base sediment and water (BS&W) percentage. At least a portion of the gaseous portion of the production stream is combusted to produce a flaring byproduct stream. The flaring byproduct stream is flowed through a coiled tubing to the well. The BS&W percentage of the liquid portion of the production stream is measured. The flow of the flaring byproduct stream to the well is decreased in response to the BS&W percentage reaching a threshold BS&W percentage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Muath Fahad Almuayli, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11578595
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting and performing gas deliverability tests are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing a gas deliverability test includes drilling a well, operating the well to produce gas, determining a sustainability of the well, and determining at least one of a shut-in bottom hole pressure and pressure build-up of the well and a geochemical analysis of the well. The method further includes selecting a deliverability test based at least in part on a duration of an operation of the well, a sustainability of the well, and at least one of the shut-in bottom hole pressure, the pressure build-up and the geochemical analysis of liquids of the well. The method also includes applying the deliverability test to the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Khalid A. Thabit, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11530609
    Abstract: A system for determining a well placement may include an analysis module. The analysis module, using a Bayesian Decision Network model, may perform a first assessment of data availability, saturation, fracture, and seismic data associated with a candidate area for drilling a first well, and may output a first probability that indicates a potential production level of the first well. The analysis module may perform a second assessment of offset, stress, thickness, and porosity data associated with a second, nearby well, and may output a second probability that indicates a potential production level of the first well if a lateral is placed in a layer and at a azimuth direction. The analysis module may perform a third assessment of tortuosity, washout, and porosity data, and a net-to-gross value associated with the first well and may output a third probability that indicates a completion type for the first well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmad Mohammad Al-AbdulJabbar, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20220397026
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Misfer ALMARRI, Waheed Syed ARSHAD, Adel Ali AL-QAHTANI
  • Publication number: 20220397025
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Misfer ALMARRI, Waheed Syed ARSHAD, Adel Ali AL-QAHTANI
  • Publication number: 20220316327
    Abstract: A system for determining a well placement may include an analysis module. The analysis module, using a Bayesian Decision Network model, may perform a first assessment of data availability, saturation, fracture, and seismic data associated with a candidate area for drilling a first well, and may output a first probability that indicates a potential production level of the first well. The analysis module may perform a second assessment of offset, stress, thickness, and porosity data associated with a second, nearby well, and may output a second probability that indicates a potential production level of the first well if a lateral is placed in a layer and at a azimuth direction. The analysis module may perform a third assessment of tortuosity, washout, and porosity data, and a net-to-gross value associated with the first well and may output a third probability that indicates a completion type for the first well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmad Mohammad Al-AbdulJabbar, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20220316332
    Abstract: Systems and methods for selecting and performing gas deliverability tests are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of performing a gas deliverability test includes drilling a well, operating the well to produce gas, determining a sustainability of the well, and determining at least one of a shut-in bottom hole pressure and pressure build-up of the well and a geochemical analysis of the well. The method further includes selecting a deliverability test based at least in part on a duration of an operation of the well, a sustainability of the well, and at least one of the shut-in bottom hole pressure, the pressure build-up and the geochemical analysis of liquids of the well. The method also includes applying the deliverability test to the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Khalid A. Thabit, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Patent number: 11448054
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Misfer Almarri, Waheed Syed Arshad, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20210363868
    Abstract: A method of increasing hydrocarbon recovery from a wellbore in a tight formation with greater breakdown pressures, the method including using hydro-jetting to effect a plurality of oriented cavities or discoidal grooves in the horizontal portion of the wellbore to overcome near-wellbore stresses, injecting a thermally controlled fluid into the wellbore to alter the temperature of the formation and lower stresses, and then fracturing the formation to generate a series of fractures that can be formed in a planar formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Misfer Almarri, Waheed Syed Arshad, Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20210302619
    Abstract: A computer system receives data representing a hydrocarbon reservoir. The data includes a surface location, reservoir property data, mechanical property data, and offset well information of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The computer system generates a three-dimensional (3D) geomechanical model of the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the data. The 3D geomechanical model is for identifying a sweet spot in the hydrocarbon reservoir for drilling and stimulation, and placing a hydrocarbon well in the sweet spot. The computer system determines drilling parameters based on the 3D geomechanical model and the offset well information. The drilling parameters are to reduce an enlargement of a wellbore of the hydrocarbon well. The computer system monitors the drilling parameters until the hydrocarbon well reaches a particular depth from a surface of the Earth. The computer system performs a rigless operation on the hydrocarbon well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Adel Ali Al-Qahtani, Osman Hamid, Khaqan Khan, Waheed Arshad
  • Patent number: 10400591
    Abstract: Provided in some embodiments are systems and methods for preparing oriented samples of a laminated rock having different lamination orientations, for each of different stress-levels, transmitting an acoustic pulse through each oriented sample while tri-axially compressing the oriented sample at the stress-level to generate test data indicative of acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels, determining acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at the different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels based on the test data, generating a rock model for the laminated rock based on the acoustic velocities, and determining a property of a second laminated rock (e.g., total organic carbon (TOC) content) based on the rock model for the laminated rock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Adel Ali Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20170342827
    Abstract: Provided in some embodiments are systems and methods for preparing oriented samples of a laminated rock having different lamination orientations, for each of different stress-levels, transmitting an acoustic pulse through each oriented sample while tri-axially compressing the oriented sample at the stress-level to generate test data indicative of acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels, determining acoustic velocities through the laminated rock at the different combinations of lamination orientations and stress levels based on the test data, generating a rock model for the laminated rock based on the acoustic velocities, and determining a property of a second laminated rock (e.g., total organic carbon (TOC) content) based on the rock model for the laminated rock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Adel Ali Al-Qahtani