Patents by Inventor Mohamed M. El Nekhily

Mohamed M. El Nekhily 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: 11939835
    Abstract: A section of casing within a wellbore is milled. After milling the section of the wellbore, the section of the wellbore is underreamed through to a next layer of casing. A setting fluid is squeezed into the section. The setting fluid penetrates micro-channels exposed by the milling and underreaming. A scab liner is installed over the section. The scab liner is secured within the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Khalsa Kanwal Bahadur, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi
  • Publication number: 20230313636
    Abstract: A section of casing within a wellbore is milled. After milling the section of the wellbore, the section of the wellbore is underreamed through to a next layer of casing. A setting fluid is squeezed into the section. The setting fluid penetrates micro-channels exposed by the milling and underreaming. A scab liner is installed over the section. The scab liner is secured within the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Khalsa Kanwal Bahadur, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi
  • Patent number: 11441387
    Abstract: A method of securing a wellbore experiencing upward crossflow includes determining a depth of a leak in a first wellbore casing tubular and identifying a second wellbore casing tubular downhole of the leak depth. From a surface, a well control tool is incrementally lowered into the wellbore until a lower tool string of the well control tool is positioned in mating contact with an end receptacle of the second wellbore casing tubular. The lower tool string is exposed to the upward crossflow during lowering of the well control tool. A unidirectional valve preinstalled inside the lower tool string inhibits movement of the upward crossflow into an upper tool string of the well control tool while permitting kill fluid pumped into the upper tool string from the surface to flow into the wellbore. The unidirectional valve is retrieved to allow additional operations in the wellbore through the lower tool string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi
  • Publication number: 20220106856
    Abstract: A method of securing a wellbore experiencing upward crossflow includes determining a depth of a leak in a first wellbore casing tubular and identifying a second wellbore casing tubular downhole of the leak depth. From a surface, a well control tool is incrementally lowered into the wellbore until a lower tool string of the well control tool is positioned in mating contact with an end receptacle of the second wellbore casing tubular. The lower tool string is exposed to the upward crossflow during lowering of the well control tool. A unidirectional valve preinstalled inside the lower tool string inhibits movement of the upward crossflow into an upper tool string of the well control tool while permitting kill fluid pumped into the upper tool string from the surface to flow into the wellbore. The unidirectional valve is retrieved to allow additional operations in the wellbore through the lower tool string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi
  • Patent number: 10370943
    Abstract: One example of a wellbore control tool and a method of use is described. A leak is detected in a cased wellbore comprising a multiple telescoping casing sections. A fluid flows in an uphole direction through the cased wellbore. A flow of the fluid in the uphole direction results in a first force in the uphole direction. The leak is in a first telescoping casing section. An open downhole end of a wellbore tool having a weight at least equal to a second force greater than the first force on an uphole end of a second telescoping casing section that is downhole from a location of the leak in the first telescoping casing section is seated. The open downhole end of the wellbore tool provides metal to metal contact against the uphole end of the second telescoping casing section and restricts fluid flow into the leak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Nasser M. Al-Hajri, Ibraheem M. Al-Ageel, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi, Adib A. Al-Mumen
  • Publication number: 20180100380
    Abstract: One example of a wellbore control tool and a method of use is described. A leak is detected in a cased wellbore comprising a multiple telescoping casing sections. A fluid flows in an uphole direction through the cased wellbore. A flow of the fluid in the uphole direction results in a first force in the uphole direction. The leak is in a first telescoping casing section. An open downhole end of a wellbore tool having a weight at least equal to a second force greater than the first force on an uphole end of a second telescoping casing section that is downhole from a location of the leak in the first telescoping casing section is seated. The open downhole end of the wellbore tool provides metal to metal contact against the uphole end of the second telescoping casing section and restricts fluid flow into the leak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Mohamed M. El Nekhily, Nasser M. Al-Hajri, Ibraheem M. Al-Ageel, Ibrahim A. Al-Obaidi, Adib A. Al-Mumen