Patents by Inventor Mohammed Badri
Mohammed Badri 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).
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Patent number: 11892584Abstract: Methods of marine to borehole measurement may include dispersing one or more borehole receivers in one or more boreholes; distributing one or more marine receivers in marine water at a seabed; immersing an electromagnetic dipole source in the marine water above the seabed; energizing the electromagnetic dipole source; measuring one or more borehole signal measurements using the one or more borehole receivers and one or more seabed signal measurements using the one or more marine receivers; and determining a three-dimensional property distribution of a reservoir of interest by processing the one or more borehole signal measurements and the one or more seabed signal measurements.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Alberto Marsala, Nestor Herman Cuevas Maldonado, Andrea Lovatini, Mohammed Badri
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Publication number: 20230408919Abstract: A method for manufacturing a micromodel with a mixed wettability surface representing a hydrocarbon reservoir is disclosed. The method includes coating a top surface of a hydrophilic substrate with photoresist, covering a top of the photoresist with a photomask, exposing the covered top of the photoresist to UV light that changes a chemical property of a region of the photoresist corresponding to a pattern of the photomask, removing the photomask, removing the region of the photoresist corresponding to the pattern of the photomask based on the chemical property of the region, depositing a hydrophobic thin-film on top of the hydrophilic substrate, and removing a remaining photoresist covered with the thin-film, such that the surface of the hydrophilic substrate is patterned with both a region covered with the hydrophobic thin-film and an uncovered region of the hydrophilic substrate, creating a mixed wettability surface on the hydrophilic substrate that represents the micromodel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Abdullah Abdulaziz AlOmier, Subhash C. Ayirala, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef, Hussein Hoteit
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Patent number: 11840921Abstract: Methods for fabricating a sensor module for detecting carbon dioxide leakage from a subsurface reservoir are disclosed. The methods include attaching anodic aluminum oxide porous membrane onto a first conductive electrode to form an anodic aluminum oxide template; initiating growth of a plurality of TiO2 nanotubes inside the AAO template using an atomic layer deposition process; removing the anodic aluminum oxide template from the first metal electrode leaving the plurality of TiO2 nanotubes on the first conductive electrode; attaching a second conductive electrode to the plurality of TiO2 nanotubes; connecting the first and the second conductive electrodes with an electric line to form a sensor; providing a rollable sheet of non-conductive material; and attaching a plurality of sensors to the rollable sheet of non-conductive material forming the sensor module.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11796434Abstract: A scratch tester has at least one cutter that moves simultaneously both rotationally and axially relative to the rock it is cutting. When rotational and axial movements are constant, the cutter generates a helical groove in the rock. In borehole embodiments, the scratch tester is fixed at a desired location using centralizers, and the cutter is provided on a motorized platform/track that translates between the centralizers and rotates around a central axis. The cutter faces outward and extends via a cutter arm to engage and carve a helical groove in the borehole wall. A laboratory scratch tester includes a holder for a solid cylindrical core sample and a motorized translating frame on which a cutter extends. The cutter is directed toward the core sample, and the holder with the core sample is rotated by a motor so that as the cutter translates relative thereto, a helical groove is cut thereinto.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammed Badri, Devon Gwaba, Gallyam Aidagulov, Mustapha Abbad, Salah Mohammed Al-Ofi
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Publication number: 20230330658Abstract: A method includes 3d printing a polymer substrate having microfluidic channels and depositing calcite onto the polymer substrate then using atomic layer deposition to form a calcite microfluidic device. A device made from the method includes a 3d printed polymer substrate having microfluidic channels. The 3d printed polymer substrate has a calcite coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Subhash C. Ayirala, Ahmed Gmira, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11774437Abstract: A method of making a portion of a microfluidic channel includes lithographically patterning a first pattern into a first layer of photoresist disposed on a substrate, the first pattern representative of morphology of a reservoir rock; etching the first pattern into the substrate to form a patterned substrate; disposing a second layer of photoresist onto the patterned substrate; lithographically patterning a second pattern into the second layer of photoresist to reveal portions of the patterned substrate; and depositing calcite onto the exposed portions of the patterned substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Ahmed Gmira, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11761873Abstract: Methods may include emplacing a downhole tool within a wellbore, sampling a fluid downhole with the downhole tool; analyzing the fluid, and calculating an interfacial tension (IFT), wherein calculating the acid-base IFT contribution comprises measuring a concentration of a surface-active species directly. Apparatuses for measuring an interfacial tension (IFT) in a fluid downhole may be part of a downhole tool and may include a sampling head to sample the fluid; and a downhole fluid analysis module that includes a spectrometer capable of measuring a concentration of a surface-active species in the fluid, and a processor configured to determine the IFT of the fluid downhole based on the measured concentration of the surface-active species.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Simon Ivar Andersen, Wael Abdallah, Dominic Joseph Brady, Mohammed Badri, Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Bastian Sauerer, Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Reheem Hamdy
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Publication number: 20230258072Abstract: An intelligent completion module includes a flowmeter that uses one or more electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) sensors and a flow control valve. The flow rate and the speed of sound in the production fluid from a production zone is measured and used to make reservoir management decisions. The flowmeter includes at least two EMAT rings, including one or more EMAT sensors in a circular distribution which can be used in propagation or pulse-echo modes. In a segregated flow regime, a single EMAT sensor in pulse-echo mode is used to measure holdups of fluid components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Harold Pfutzner, Mohammed Badri
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Publication number: 20230236164Abstract: Provided is a coreflood system that comprises a housing including an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet positioned at the inlet end, and an outlet positioned at the outlet end. The system includes two chambers positioned within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, configured to retain porous media. The two chambers are in series along a fluid flow pathway through the coreflood system. The system includes a partition extending from an inner surface of the housing between the inlet and the outlet, and a pH sensor provide in a sensor mounting location in the housing having access to the fluid flow pathway. Further provided is a method that comprises directing a fluid into a coreflood system, and using a data processing device coupled to the pH sensor to collect hydrogen ion data and determine hydrogen ion concentration and pH within the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Dong Kyu Cha
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Patent number: 11703612Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for characterizing a subterranean formation that involve the generation of four 3D geological model of the formation that are updated before and after an enhanced hydrocarbon production process.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammed Badri, Ping Zhang, Wael Abdallah
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Patent number: 11692990Abstract: Provided is a coreflood system that comprises a housing including an inlet end and an outlet end, an inlet positioned at the inlet end, and an outlet positioned at the outlet end. The system includes two chambers positioned within the housing between the inlet and the outlet, configured to retain porous media. The two chambers are in series along a fluid flow pathway through the coreflood system. The system includes a partition extending from an inner surface of the housing between the inlet and the outlet, and a pH sensor provide in a sensor mounting location in the housing having access to the fluid flow pathway. Further provided is a method that comprises directing a fluid into a coreflood system, and using a data processing device coupled to the pH sensor to collect hydrogen ion data and determine hydrogen ion concentration and pH within the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Dong kyu Cha
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Patent number: 11680481Abstract: An intelligent completion module comprises a flowmeter that uses one or more electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) sensors and a flow control valve. The flow rate and the speed of sound in the production fluid from a production zone is measured and used to make reservoir management decisions. The flowmeter comprises at least two EMAT rings, comprising one or more EMAT sensors in a circular distribution which can be used in propagation or pulse-echo modes. In a segregated flow regime, a single EMAT sensor in pulse-echo mode is used to measure holdups of fluid components.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Harold Pfutzner, Mohammed Badri
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Publication number: 20230184669Abstract: A pressure cell includes a metal pressure chamber, a heating stage, disposed in the interior of the metal pressure chamber, that heats the liquid sample, a chamber pump, connected to the interior of the metal pressure chamber, that pressurizes the interior of the metal pressure chamber, a salinity control system including a membrane coupled to the sample inlet, where the membrane is configured to reduce a salinity level of the liquid sample, and a controller that controls the chamber pump, the salinity control system, and the heating stage to control a pressure of the interior of the metal pressure chamber, a salinity level of the liquid sample, and a temperature of the liquid sample, respectively. The metal pressure chamber includes a liquid sample holder, a removable lid, a window in the removable lid, a sample inlet, and a sample outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Dong kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Subhash C. Ayirala, Salah H. Alsaleh, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Publication number: 20230176029Abstract: Provided is a coreflood apparatus that comprises a housing, an inlet, an outlet, and two chambers positioned within the housing that are configured to retain porous media. The apparatus includes a partition coupled to an inner surface of the housing between the two chambers and a sensor mounting location. Provided is a method of introducing a fluid into the coreflood apparatus and allowing fluid to pass through chambers in the apparatus having a sensor mounting location there between. Further provided is a coreflood system comprising a coreflood apparatus, a calcium ion sensor, and a data processing device. Provided is a method of introducing fluid into the coreflood system and allowing fluid to pass through chambers in the system having a calcium ion sensor there between. The method further comprises detecting calcium ions in the fluid and determining calcium ion concentration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Dong kyu Cha
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Patent number: 11668643Abstract: A pressure cell includes a metal pressure chamber, a heating stage, disposed in the interior of the metal pressure chamber, that heats the liquid sample, a chamber pump, connected to the interior of the metal pressure chamber, that pressurizes the interior of the metal pressure chamber, a salinity control system including a membrane coupled to the sample inlet, where the membrane is configured to reduce a salinity level of the liquid sample, and a controller that controls the chamber pump, the salinity control system, and the heating stage to control a pressure of the interior of the metal pressure chamber, a salinity level of the liquid sample, and a temperature of the liquid sample, respectively. The metal pressure chamber includes a liquid sample holder, a removable lid, a window in the removable lid, a sample inlet, and a sample outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Dong kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Subhash C. Ayirala, Salah H. Alsaleh, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11640099Abstract: A pressure cell for sum frequency generation spectroscopy includes: a metal pressure chamber; a heating stage that heats the liquid sample; a pump, connected to an interior of the metal pressure chamber, that pressurizes the interior of the metal pressure chamber; and a controller that controls the pump and the heating stage to control a pressure of the interior of the metal pressure chamber and a temperature of a liquid sample. The metal pressure chamber includes: a base that retains the liquid sample; a removable lid that seals against the base to enclose the liquid sample in the metal pressure chamber; and a window in the removable lid that exposes the liquid sample to an exterior of the metal pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri Alotaibi, Salah H. Alsaleh, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11628406Abstract: A method for fabricating calcite channels in a nanofluidic device is described. A porous membrane is attached to a substrate. Calcite is deposited in porous openings in the porous membrane attached to the substrate. A width of openings in the deposited calcite is in a range from 50 to 100 nanometers (nm). The porous membrane is etched to remove the porous membrane from the substrate to form a fabricated calcite channel structure. Each channel has a width in the range from 50 to 100 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Sultan Muhammad Al Enezi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Publication number: 20230110229Abstract: A method may include providing a humidification-dehumidification unit proximate one or more abandoned wells, circulating a water feed through the one or more abandoned wells, using geothermal heat in the one or more abandoned wells to heat the water feed, directing the heated water feed to the humidification-dehumidification unit, and treating the heated water feed in the humidification-dehumidification unit to provide purified water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Abdulrahman Aljedaani, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11548796Abstract: A method may include providing a humidification-dehumidification unit proximate one or more abandoned wells, circulating a water feed through the one or more abandoned wells, using geothermal heat in the one or more abandoned wells to heat the water feed, directing the heated water feed to the humidification-dehumidification unit, and treating the heated water feed in the humidification-dehumidification unit to provide purified water.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Abdulrahman Aljedaani, Mohammed Badri AlOtaibi, Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef
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Patent number: 11542812Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for measuring the zeta potential of macroscopic solid surfaces including and not limited to: porous samples, flat substrates, coarse particles, and granular samples. Methods include: subjecting the sample to an injection of a first aqueous solution at an initial pressure with an initial ion concentration; measuring a first electrical conductivity and a first temperature of the first aqueous solution; measuring a first pH and a second pH of the first aqueous solution immediately before and after passing the first aqueous solution through the sample; measuring a first ion concentration and a second ion concentration of the first aqueous solution immediately before and after passing the first aqueous solution through the sample; and processing the measured data to derive a first zeta potential from the first electrical conductivity and the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Amani Othman Alghamdi, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Subhash Chandrabose Ayirala, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef