Patents by Inventor Sara A. Alkhalaf

Sara A. Alkhalaf 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: 11939520
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting cement composition for reducing corrosion of wellbore casings is disclosed that includes from 10 weight percent to 70 weight percent cement precursor, from 5 weight percent to 70 weight percent water, from 0.1% to 60% by weight of cement amine corrosion inhibitor, where the amine corrosion inhibitor comprises a polyethylene polyamine. A method for reducing corrosion of wellbore casings includes dispensing the corrosion inhibiting cement compositions into the annulus and allowing the corrosion inhibiting cement composition to cure to form a hardened cement, where the corrosion inhibiting cement composition includes a cement composition and the amine corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Mohammed Murif Al-Rubaii
  • Patent number: 11859465
    Abstract: A method for cementing a wellbore having a lost circulation zone includes installing a cement basket around a casing string having a casing diameter, and running and setting the casing string in the wellbore. The cement basket is set in proximity of and up hole from the lost circulation zone. The method includes pumping a cement slurry, through the casing string, to a first depth downhole from the cement basket, running a first tubing, having a tubing diameter, into an annulus between the casing string and the wellbore, and pumping the cement slurry, through the first tubing, to a second depth up hole from the cement basket. The tubing diameter is less than the casing diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar, Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami, Abdulla F. Dossary, Sara A. Alkhalaf
  • Publication number: 20230323183
    Abstract: A wellbore fluid composition is provided that includes an aqueous base fluid and at least one ethylene ammonium salt having a number average molecular weight in a range of 250 to 500 grams per mole. A method of drilling a wellbore is also provided. the method includes circulating an aqueous drilling fluid into the wellbore while drilling, wherein the aqueous drilling fluid includes at least one ethylene ammonium salt. The aqueous drilling fluid further includes a pH value from 6.5 to 7.5. The method of drilling a wellbore further includes recovering shale cuttings while maintaining wellbore stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Omprakash Pal, Ali Al-Safran, Mohammad Alharthi, Sara Alkhalaf
  • Patent number: 11773310
    Abstract: A method of reducing corrosion in tubular strings installed in wellbores includes dispensing an accelerated cement composition into a wellbore annulus, a casing-casing annulus, or both, the accelerated cement composition comprising a cement composition and an accelerant composition, where: the cement composition comprises a cement precursor and water; the accelerant composition comprises triethanolamine; and a concentration of the triethanolamine in the accelerated cement composition is greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million by weight; allowing the accelerated cement composition to cure in the annulus to form a cured cement, where the triethanolamine reacts with a metal of the tubular string, the reaction forming a protective layer on the surfaces of the tubular string that inhibits dissolution of iron from the metal of the tubular string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Mohammad Abdullah Al-Harthi
  • Publication number: 20230175348
    Abstract: A method for cementing a wellbore having a lost circulation zone includes installing a cement basket around a casing string having a casing diameter, and running and setting the casing string in the wellbore. The cement basket is set in proximity of and up hole from the lost circulation zone. The method includes pumping a cement slurry, through the casing string, to a first depth downhole from the cement basket, running a first tubing, having a tubing diameter, into an annulus between the casing string and the wellbore, and pumping the cement slurry, through the first tubing, to a second depth up hole from the cement basket. The tubing diameter is less than the casing diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar, Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami, Abdulla F. Dossary, Sara A. Alkhalaf
  • Patent number: 11608467
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for hydraulic fracturing includes pumping a hydraulic fracturing fluid through a wellbore into a subterranean formation at a pressure greater than a fracturing pressure of the subterranean formation. The hydraulic fracturing fluid may include an aqueous base fluid and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 1 lbm/bbl to 20 lbm/bbl relative to the total volume of the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the hydraulic fracturing fluid having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the hydraulic fracturing fluid having the first chemical structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Bader Ghazi Alharbi, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Ali M. Safran
  • Publication number: 20230031885
    Abstract: A method of reducing corrosion in tubular strings installed in wellbores includes dispensing an accelerated cement composition into a wellbore annulus, a casing-casing annulus, or both, the accelerated cement composition comprising a cement composition and an accelerant composition, where: the cement composition comprises a cement precursor and water; the accelerant composition comprises triethanolamine; and a concentration of the triethanolamine in the accelerated cement composition is greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million by weight; allowing the accelerated cement composition to cure in the annulus to form a cured cement, where the triethanolamine reacts with a metal of the tubular string, the reaction forming a protective layer on the surfaces of the tubular string that inhibits dissolution of iron from the metal of the tubular string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Mohammad Abdullah Al-Harthi
  • Patent number: 11566157
    Abstract: Water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and a mixture of polyethylene polyamines in an amount of from 1 lbm/bbl to 20 lbm/bbl relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. The polyethylene polyamines of the mixture may have a first chemical structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x may be an integer greater than or equal to 3. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the water-based drilling fluid having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. Methods for drilling a subterranean well with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Sara Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • Patent number: 11492536
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a cement slurry includes cement particles, an aqueous fluid in an amount of from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % relative to the total weight of the cement particles, and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % relative to the total weight of the cement particles. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the cement slurry having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the cement slurry having the first chemical structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer. Methods for cementing a casing in a wellbore using the cement slurry are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alhelal, Ali Mohammed Alsafran
  • Patent number: 11485894
    Abstract: A method of reducing corrosion in tubular strings installed in wellbores includes dispensing an accelerated cement composition into a wellbore annulus, a casing-casing annulus, or both, the accelerated cement composition comprising a cement composition and an accelerant composition, where: the cement composition comprises a cement precursor and water; the accelerant composition comprises triethanolamine; and a concentration of the triethanolamine in the accelerated cement composition is greater than or equal to 10,000 parts per million by weight; allowing the accelerated cement composition to cure in the annulus to form a cured cement, where the triethanolamine reacts with a metal of the tubular string, the reaction forming a protective layer on the surfaces of the tubular string that inhibits dissolution of iron from the metal of the tubular string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Mohammad Abdullah Al-Harthi
  • Patent number: 11453816
    Abstract: A method of treating a lost circulation zone in a wellbore includes contacting an accelerant composition comprising triethanolamine with a cement composition in the lost circulation zone, the cement composition comprising at least: from 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 90 wt. % cement precursor based on the total weight of the cement composition; and from 5 wt. % to 70 wt. % water based on the total weight of the cement composition; where a weight ratio of triethanolamine to the cement precursor is from 0.1 percent (%) to 60%; and curing the cement composition in the lost circulation zone to form a cured cement, where the triethanolamine accelerates the curing rate of the cement composition and the cured cement seals the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Abdulla Hussein Al-Awadh
  • Patent number: 11448052
    Abstract: A method for cementing a wellbore, including pumping a volume of an anti-corrosion fluid comprising at least one corrosion inhibitor into a casing and displacing the anti-corrosion fluid into an annular space outside the casing with a volume of cement. A displacement fluid may then be injected into the casing to displace the cement into the annular space, wherein a combined volume of cement and anti-corrosion fluid fills the annular space along a height of the casing. A height of the cemented annular space may be less than the height of the casing, the anti-corrosion fluid being retained in the annular space axially above a cemented annular space, forming an anti-corrosion fluid annular space. Partially cementing in this manner may simultaneously protect the casing from corrosion while allowing easier workover operations proximate the anti-corrosion fluid annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Bandar AlMalki, Chinthaka Gooneratne, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • Patent number: 11441061
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and one or more additives. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lubricant blend including at least oleic acid and palmitoleic acid. The sum of the volume percent of the oleic acid and palmitoleic acid may be from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % of the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil in an amount of from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. At least 90% of the lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil may have a melting point less than or equal to 15° C. Methods for drilling subterranean wells with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md Amanullah, Raed Alouhali, Sara Alkhalaf, Ali Radhwan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim
  • Publication number: 20220259486
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for hydraulic fracturing includes pumping a hydraulic fracturing fluid through a wellbore into a subterranean formation at a pressure greater than a fracturing pressure of the subterranean formation. The hydraulic fracturing fluid may include an aqueous base fluid and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 1 lbm/bbl to 20 lbm/bbl relative to the total volume of the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the hydraulic fracturing fluid having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the hydraulic fracturing fluid having the first chemical structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Bader Ghazi Alharbi, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Ali M. Safran
  • Publication number: 20220259482
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a cement slurry includes cement particles, an aqueous fluid in an amount of from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % relative to the total weight of the cement particles, and a clay stabilizer consisting of one or more polyethylene polyamines having a first structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x is an integer greater than or equal to 3. The amount of the clay stabilizer may be from 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % relative to the total weight of the cement particles. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the cement slurry having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. All of the polyethylene polyamines in the cement slurry having the first chemical structure may be encompassed in the clay stabilizer. Methods for cementing a casing in a wellbore using the cement slurry are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alhelal, Ali Mohammed Alsafran
  • Publication number: 20220259480
    Abstract: Water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and a mixture of polyethylene polyamines in an amount of from 1 lbm/bbl to 20 lbm/bbl relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. The polyethylene polyamines of the mixture may have a first chemical structure H2NCH2CH2(NHCH2CH2)xNH2, where x may be an integer greater than or equal to 3. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene polyamines in the water-based drilling fluid having the first chemical structure may be from 200 g/mol to 400 g/mol. Methods for drilling a subterranean well with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Sara Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • Patent number: 11396620
    Abstract: Drilling fluid compositions and methods for using drilling fluid compositions are provided with enhanced anti-bit balling properties that include an aqueous-based fluid, one or more drilling fluid additives, and an anti-bit balling additive. The anti-bit balling additive may be an epoxidized ?-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the anti-bit balling additive in an amount ranging from about 0.5 ppb to about 20 ppb. Methods for using the drilling fluid compositions may further include mixing an aqueous base fluid with one or more drilling fluid additives and an anti-bit balling additive, wherein the anti-bit balling additive includes epoxidized ?-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the anti-bit balling additive in an amount ranging from about 0.5 ppb to about 20 ppb, and introducing the drilling fluid to a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Sara Alkhalaf
  • Patent number: 11359125
    Abstract: An invert-emulsion drilling fluid may include a dispersed aqueous phase including an aqueous base fluid, a continuous non-aqueous phase including a non-aqueous base fluid, and a first bridging package. The first bridging package may include one or more particulate carbonate materials. All of the particulate carbonate materials of the invert-emulsion drilling fluid may be part of the first bridging package. The first bridging package may have a trimodal particle size distribution such that the particle size distribution of the first bridging package includes three peaks, wherein each peak may be in the range of less than or equal to 300 microns in the particle size distribution. The invert-emulsion drilling fluid may be included in methods for reducing lost circulation in subterranean formations during drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Sara Alkhalaf, Khawlah A. Alanqari
  • Patent number: 11332656
    Abstract: A lost circulation material (LCM) composition for sealing lost circulation zones in wellbores may include 50 weight percent to 97 weight percent epoxy resin, 2 weight percent to 30 weight percent curing agent, 0.1 weight percent to 40 weight percent weighting material, and 0.1 weight percent to 20 weight percent amide accelerator. The LCM composition may have a density of greater than or equal to 1121 kilograms per cubic meter and may be capable of being injected through a drill bit of a drill string into the lost circulation zone. The amide accelerator may enable the viscosity of the LCM composition to be reduced while providing a reduced cure time. The LCM compositions are suitable for treating high-injectivity lost circulation zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Alsafran, Khawlah A. Alanqari, Sara A. Alkhalaf
  • Patent number: 11299662
    Abstract: Provided is a lost circulation material that may consist essentially of an alkaline nanosilica dispersion and a sodium bicarbonate activator. Further provided are methods that may control lost circulation in a lost circulation zone in a wellbore by introducing the lost circulation material such that it contacts the lost circulation zone and forms a gelled solid in the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Abdullah Al-Yami, Sara Alkhalaf