Patents by Inventor Ahmed A. Alkhalifah

Ahmed A. Alkhalifah 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).

  • Electrical submersible pump completion in a lateral well
    Patent number: 11131170
    Abstract: Electrical submersible pump (ESP) completion in a lateral wellbore includes an ESP installed in a wellbore that includes a vertical wellbore portion and a lateral wellbore portion that is connected to the vertical wellbore portion at a junction. The ESP is installed in the vertical wellbore portion downhole of the junction. The lateral wellbore portion extends to a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir carrying hydrocarbons. Using the ESP, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons is produced through the lateral wellbore portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Khaled Alsunnary, Ahmed Alkhalifah
  • Electrical Submersible Pump Completion in a Lateral Well
    Publication number: 20210095550
    Abstract: Electrical submersible pump (ESP) completion in a lateral wellbore includes an ESP installed in a wellbore that includes a vertical wellbore portion and a lateral wellbore portion that is connected to the vertical wellbore portion at a junction. The ESP is installed in the vertical wellbore portion downhole of the junction. The lateral wellbore portion extends to a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir carrying hydrocarbons. Using the ESP, at least a portion of the hydrocarbons is produced through the lateral wellbore portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Khaled Alsunnary, Ahmed Alkhalifah
  • Detachable air flow deflector
    Patent number: D779649
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Ahmed A. Alkhalifah