Patents by Inventor Ali Saleh Rabba

Ali Saleh Rabba 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: 11156073
    Abstract: A method includes drilling a first, non-vertical wellbore in a first direction. The first wellbore includes a first heel section residing at a first production zone of a subterranean formation and a first toe section downhole of the first heel section and residing at a second production zone of the subterranean formation. The first wellbore defines a first central axis defining a first plane. The method also includes drilling a second, non-vertical wellbore in a second direction opposite the first direction. The second wellbore defines a second central axis defining a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second wellbore includes a second heel section residing at a third production zone opposite the first production zone and a second toe section downhole of the second heel section and residing at a fourth production zone opposite the second production zone to help prevent pressure interference between the wellbores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ali Saleh Rabba, Sultan S. Madani
  • Publication number: 20210270118
    Abstract: A method includes drilling a first, non-vertical wellbore in a first direction. The first wellbore includes a first heel section residing at a first production zone of a subterranean formation and a first toe section downhole of the first heel section and residing at a second production zone of the subterranean formation. The first wellbore defines a first central axis defining a first plane. The method also includes drilling a second, non-vertical wellbore in a second direction opposite the first direction. The second wellbore defines a second central axis defining a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second wellbore includes a second heel section residing at a third production zone opposite the first production zone and a second toe section downhole of the second heel section and residing at a fourth production zone opposite the second production zone to help prevent pressure interference between the wellbores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ali Saleh Rabba, Sultan S. Madani
  • Patent number: 10995595
    Abstract: A method for artificially recharging a target reservoir in a geological formation using powered water injection from a local source aquifer in the geological formation. The method comprises detecting chemical properties of water in the source aquifer, determining whether the water in the source aquifer is compatible with water in the target reservoir based on the chemical properties, activating an electrical submersible pump (ESP) positioned between target reservoir and the source aquifer to inject water from the source aquifer into the target reservoir, detecting downhole pressure, temperature and water flow rate conditions at the ESP, and controlling a rate at which the ESP injects water using the downhole pressure, temperature and water flow rate conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ali Saleh Rabba, Sultan Sabri Al-Madani
  • Publication number: 20200248541
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for artificially recharging a target reservoir in a geological formation using powered water injection from a local source aquifer in the geological formation. The method comprises detecting chemical properties of water in the source aquifer, determining whether the water in the source aquifer is compatible with water in the target reservoir based on the chemical properties, activating an electrical submersible pump (ESP) positioned between target reservoir and the source aquifer to inject water from the source aquifer into the target reservoir, detecting downhole pressure, temperature and water flow rate conditions at the ESP, and controlling a rate at which the ESP injects water using the downhole pressure, temperature and water flow rate conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ali Saleh Rabba, Sultan Sabri Al-Madani