Patents by Inventor Ashiff Khan

Ashiff Khan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240132794
    Abstract: Separation methods comprising: separating hydrogen sulfide from natural gas liquids (NGL) in a stripping column. Wherein the following are fluidly connected to the stripping column: a first condensate input line, a second condensate input line, a condensate stripper feed line, a feed drum, an overhead gas product line, a bottoms product NGL line, a slip stream NGL line, a reboiler return line, and an external stripping gas line. And feeding, to the stripping column in a stripping gas feed line fluidly connected to the stripping column, a portion of the slip stream NGL line in combination with the external stripping gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashiff KHAN, Hatem BAJUAIFER
  • Patent number: 11905480
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates a system, including: a stripping column configured to separate hydrogen sulfide from natural gas liquids (NGL), the following fluidly connected to the stripping column: a first condensate input line, a second condensate input line, a condensate stripper feed line, a feed drum, an overhead gas product line, a bottoms product NGL line, a slip stream NGL line, a reboiler return line, and an external stripping gas line, wherein a portion of the slip stream NGL line is combined with the external stripping gas line and fed to the stripping column in a stripping gas feed line that is fluidly connected to the stripping column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashiff Khan, Hatem Bajuaifer
  • Patent number: 11852301
    Abstract: A pipeline system includes a pipeline, and a liner arranged within the pipeline, and a pipeline fluid is conveyed within the interior of the pipeline and a portion of the pipeline fluid permeates the liner as permeated fluid and enters an annulus defined between the liner and the pipeline. A venting system includes an active reinjection system that includes a reinjection line that receives the permeated fluid from the annulus, a suction line extending from the reinjection line to receive a portion of the permeated fluid, and a fluid pump that receives the portion of the permeated fluid and discharges the permeated fluid into the interior of the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mazen A. Al-Juaid, Ashiff Khan, Abdullah Al-Nami
  • Publication number: 20230160873
    Abstract: A method for determining the quality of crude oil exiting a gas-oil separation plant (GOSP) is disclosed. The GOSP comprises sensors that determine process parameters of the crude oil. The method involves determining, from the process parameters, WiO-parameters that depend on the concentration of water in the crude oil (WiO), determining virtual parameters of the crude oil, determining total parameters by adding the virtual parameters to the WiO-parameters. Further, a feedback loop involves changing one or more of the total parameters, determining the quality of the crude oil exiting the GOSP, wherein when the quality is improved, the change in the one or more total parameters is maintained, and when the quality is worsened, the change in the one or more total parameters is reversed. The feedback-loop is repeated as long as the quality of the crude oil exiting the GOSP increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Syed Abrar Ahmed, Ashiff Khan K A, Khaled Khalifah Al-Yousef, Ahmad Hussain Al-Zubail, Fayez Kharbat
  • Publication number: 20230152296
    Abstract: A method for increasing the quality of crude oil exiting a gas-oil separation plant (GOSP) is disclosed. The GOSP hass sensors that determine process parameters of the crude oil, the method comprising determining, from the process parameters, WiO-parameters that depend on the concentration of water in the crude oil (WiO), determining virtual parameters of the crude oil, determining total parameters by adding the virtual parameters to the WiO-parameters, and performing a feedback loop. The feedback loop involves changing one or more of the total parameters, determining the quality of the crude oil exiting the GOSP, wherein when the quality is improved, the change in the one or more total parameters is maintained, when the quality is worsened, the change in the one or more total parameters is reversed, and repeating the feedback-loop as long as the quality of the crude oil exiting the GOSP increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Syed Abrar Ahmed, Ashiff Khan Ka, Khaled Khalifah Al-Yousef, Ahmad Hussain Al-Zubail, Fayez Kharbat, Amro K. Abbasi
  • Patent number: 11459511
    Abstract: A system and method to remove gas, water, and salt from crude oil via a GOSP train and discharging the crude oil from a desalter vessel of the GOSP train as unstabilized crude oil to a stabilizer distillation column, removing gas from the unstabilized crude oil via the stabilizer distillation column to reduce vapor pressure of the unstabilized crude oil to give stabilized crude oil, and diverting a bypass portion of the unstabilized crude oil discharged from the desalter vessel to the stabilized crude oil downstream of the stabilizer distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ashiff Khan K. A., Mustafa A. Jubran, Ali T. Hajji, Abdulmohsen K. Wosaifer, Abdulrahman M. AlShammari
  • Publication number: 20210317371
    Abstract: A system and method to remove gas, water, and salt from crude oil via a GOSP train and discharging the crude oil from a desalter vessel of the GOSP train as unstabilized crude oil to a stabilizer distillation column, removing gas from the unstabilized crude oil via the stabilizer distillation column to reduce vapor pressure of the unstabilized crude oil to give stabilized crude oil, and diverting a bypass portion of the unstabilized crude oil discharged from the desalter vessel to the stabilized crude oil downstream of the stabilizer distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ashiff Khan K.A., Mustafa A. Jubran, Ali T. Hajji, Abdulmohsen K. Wosaifer, Abdulrahman M. AlShammari