Patents Assigned to King Fahd University Petroleum and Minerals
  • METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING ENERGY HARVESTING GEOPHONES
    Publication number: 20230367026
    Abstract: A method for distributing geophones around a seismic data source includes distributing a first geophones each including a first piezoelectric system in a first region in which the seismic data source is located then distributing second geophones each including a solar cell in a second region surrounding the first region. The second geophones further include a housing, a spike provided on a bottom surface of the housing, a sensor configured to sense seismic data; a processor configured to process the seismic data, a transceiver configured to transmit the processed seismic data and receive radio frequency (RF) signals wirelessly; and a power device. The power device is coupled to the sensor, the processor and the transceiver. The power device is configured to harvest energy from an environment where the geophone is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Naveed IQBAL, Mudassir MASOOD, Ali Arshad NASIR, Khurram Karim QURESHI
  • Smart meter system and method for managing demand response in a smart grid
    Patent number: 11817707
    Abstract: A smart meter system is described for managing demand side electrical transactions with shifted demand in a smart grid. The smart meter controller uses non-cooperative game theoretic analysis for managing multi-periodic smart grid shifted demand. The problems of user based electricity demand, production, storage, and sales of energy to providers are addressed. The smart meter system described is used in the control of Home-Area-Network (HAN) or Wide-Area-Network (WAN) demand response management (DRM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Slim Belhaiza, Uthman Baroudi
  • Corrosion inhibiting acid mixture containing monoamine / diamine and method of inhibiting corrosion in acid treatment
    Patent number: 11814581
    Abstract: An acid mixture includes hydrochloric acid, a monoamine corrosion inhibitor, and at least one of a diamine corrosion inhibitor and an acid additive. A method for inhibiting corrosion in an acid treatment operation includes introducing an acid mixture comprising hydrochloric acid and a monoamine corrosion inhibitor into at least one of a subterranean formation and subterranean wellbore. The method also includes maintaining the amount of the monoamine corrosion inhibitor in the acid mixture in the subterranean formation and/or the subterranean wellbore in a range of 10 ppm to 400 ppm for the duration of the acid treatment operation. The corrosion rate of steel parts of an acidic fluid circulation system in the acid mixture may be within an acceptable corrosion rate in a temperature range of 20° C. to 135° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Ali Abdullah Al-Taq, Shaikh Asrof Ali, Abdullah Alrustum
  • Drilling fluid for hydrogen sulfide treatment
    Patent number: 11814571
    Abstract: A method of drilling a subterranean geological formation is described. The method includes driving a drill bit to form a wellbore into the subterranean geological formation thereby producing a formation fluid including hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The method includes injecting a drilling fluid into the subterranean geological formation through the wellbore. The drilling fluid composition includes 0.25 to 2 wt. % of a primary H2S scavenger which is potassium permanganate. The drilling fluid composition includes an invert emulsion includes a continuous phase including palm oil and a dispersive phase including water. The potassium permanganate present in the drilling fluid composition reacts with the H2S present in the formation fluid to produce a dispersion of manganese-containing particles which are at least one selected from the group consisting of manganese sulfide and manganese sulfate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventor: Sagheer A. Onaizi
  • Hyperbranched polymer-based hydraulic fracturing fluid crosslinker
    Patent number: 11814580
    Abstract: Hydraulic fracturing fluids include an aqueous fluid, an acrylamide-based polymers, and a hyperbranched crosslinker that crosslinks the acrylamide-based polymer to form a crosslinked gel. The hyperbranched crosslinker includes a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine polyoxiranylalkanol having a weight-average molecular weight from 10 kDa to 1500 kDa. The hyperbranched crosslinker may be a product of reacting a hyperbranched polyethyleneimine with an oxiranylalkanol to obtain the hyperbranched polyethyleneimine polyoxiranylalkanol. In examples, the oxiranylalkanol is glycidol. Methods for preparing the hydraulic fracturing fluids and methods for treating subterranean formations with the hydraulic fracturing fluids are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Wengang Li, Majad Khan, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Bader Ghazi Al-Harbi
  • COPOLYMERIZATION PROCESS FOR FORMING A POLYETHYLENE COPOLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE
    Publication number: 20230357517
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyethylene nanocomposite by polymerizing ethylene in a polymerization mixture that contains a graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite, a metallocene catalyst, an alkylaluminoxane co-catalyst, and an organic solvent to form a polyethylene nanocomposite in which the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite is dispersed in a matrix of polyethylene and wherein the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite contains 1 to 7 wt.% graphene relative to a total weight of the graphene-layered double hydroxide nanocomposite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mamdouh A. AL-HARTHI, Muhammad DAUD
  • Control loop performance advisory tool
    Patent number: 11809166
    Abstract: A method and system for compensating for stiction of a control valve in a pneumatically controlled valve system. A digital twin model of the pneumatically controlled valve system is generated. A current segment of data signals is received from a process measurement device connected to the pneumatically controlled valve system. Operation of the pneumatically controlled valve system is monitored by comparing the current segment to the digital twin model. Stiction is detected when the digital twin model directly detects stiction or when the nonlinearity and Gaussian index are above a certain threshold. A severity of the stiction is determined. Instructions for a stiction control device are used to generate control signals to be applied to the actuator to compensate for the severity of the stiction. Further, the digital twin model is displayed with a representation of the severity of the stiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Yokogawa Saudi Arabia Company
    Inventors: Sami El-Ferik, Mustafa Alnaser
  • Drilling fluids and methods of making and using thereof
    Patent number: 11807801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates drilling fluids and methods of producing and using drilling fluids. The drilling fluid includes an aqueous base fluid; a clay-based component; and a shale inhibitor comprising silica grafted with glutamate-glycol. The method of producing the drilling fluid includes reacting silica with glutamate and glycol thereby forming a shale inhibitor comprising silica grafted with glutamate-glycol; and mixing an aqueous base fluid, a clay-based component, and the shale inhibitor to produce a drilling fluid. The method of using the drilling fluid in drilling operations includes mixing an aqueous base fluid, a clay-based component, and a shale inhibitor comprising silica grafted with glutamate-glycol to produce a drilling fluid; and introducing the drilling fluid to a subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed K. Al-Arfaj, Tawfik Abdo Saleh
  • Method of inhibiting carbon dioxide hydrate formation
    Patent number: 11807789
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting carbon dioxide (CO2) hydrate formation in a CO2 pipeline is described. The method includes injecting a composition including monoethylene glycol carbon quantum dots (MEG CQDs) into the CO2 pipeline to deposit the MEG CQDs on an inside surface of the CO2 pipeline. The method further includes pressurizing the CO2 pipeline with a gas stream containing CO2 and water vapor at a pressure of 200-2,000 pounds per square inch (psi). The MEG CQDs are present on the inside surface of the CO2 pipeline in an amount effective to reduce the formation of CO2 hydrates in the CO2 pipeline during the pressurizing in comparison to the formation of the CO2 hydrates in the CO2 pipeline under the same conditions but in the absence of the MEG CQDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Sultan, Tinku Saikia, Jaber Al Jaberi
  • Method for removing organic pollutants from contaminated water using polystyrene-carbon nanofiber composition made from post-consumer waste
    Patent number: 11807554
    Abstract: Polystyrene waste, such as Styrofoam® waste, and carbon nanofibers may be used to produce highly hydrophobic compositions or composites that can separate oil and water. Methods for purifying an aqueous solution may include: passing the aqueous solution, including a hydrophobic organic substance, over or through a surface including a polystyrene-CNF composition, thereby producing an aqueous product including less of the hydrophobic organic substance; and optionally, passing the aqueous product over or through the surface at least one more time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh, Nadeem Baig
  • Calcined Saudi calcium bentonite as cement replacement in low-density oil-well cement system
    Patent number: 11807805
    Abstract: A method to incorporate calcined Saudi calcium bentonite as a low-density cement admixture in oil and gas well applications. Low-density cement systems were designed using the calcined Saudi calcium bentonite in an amount of from 10 to 30 weight % of the admixture to form a low-density cement slurry at a density of from 10 pounds per gallon (ppg) to 15 ppg; and injecting the low-density cement slurry into the well to seal the well from the geological formation; and curing the low-density cement slurry in the well to seal the well from the geological formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Salaheldin Elkatatny, Stephen Adjei
  • Hydrogen gas sensor, and method of making and using thereof
    Patent number: 11808747
    Abstract: A hydrogen gas sensor is provided. The hydrogen gas sensor includes a polycarbonate substrate having hydrophobic nanostructures. The hydrogen gas sensor further includes a palladium layer in the form of nanoscale petals on the hydrophobic nanostructure. A method of making the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor includes fabricating the polycarbonate substrate. The method of making the hydrogen gas sensor further includes coating the polycarbonate substrate with the palladium layer. A method of using the hydrogen gas sensor is also provided. The method of using the hydrogen gas sensor includes contacting a palladium coated hydrophobic nanostructure of the hydrogen gas sensor with a gas sample comprising hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Qasem Ahmed Drmosh
  • SYNGAS/HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD FROM BIOMASS FEED STOCK
    Publication number: 20230348803
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a co-gasification process that uses biomass and VGO as a feedstock to produce syngas which includes a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Mohammad Mozahar HOSSAIN, Tareq Ali Salem AL-ATTAS
  • POLYMER-METAL SALT COMPOSITE FOR THE DEHYDRATION OF WATER FROM SWEET GAS AND LIQUID CONDENSATE STREAMS
    Publication number: 20230348796
    Abstract: A composition and method for the removal of water from a water-containing hydrocarbon stream, and a method for the production of a metal/water-soluble polymer composite are provided. The composite includes a water-soluble polymer, such as guar gum, and a metal salt, such as aluminum nitrate or copper sulfate. The ratio of the metal salt to the water-soluble polymer is in the range from about 1:1 to about 5:1 by mass. The water-soluble polymer and the metal salt form a crosslinked material. The method for producing the metal/water-soluble polymer composite includes mixing a non-crosslinked water-soluble polymer with a metal salt and water to form a paste. The paste is then dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Youcef Mankour, Othman Charles Sadeq Al Hamouz
  • NiPd nano-alloy film as a electrocatalyst and methods of preparation thereof
    Patent number: 11802335
    Abstract: An aerosol-assisted chemical vapor-deposition (AACVD) method of making NiPd nano-alloy electrocatalyst. The method includes subjecting a mixture including Pd(II)acetylacetonate Pd(C5H7O2)2, Ni(II)acetylacetonate Ni(C5H7O2)2 and a solvent to AACVD, to form a NiPd nano-alloy electrocatalyst. The NiPd nano-alloy electrocatalyst is formed on a surface of a porous metallic substrate in a single-step. The electrocatalyst of the present disclosure exhibits excellent OER activity, demonstrates excellent durability during prolonged water electrolysis experiments and imposing kinetics for OER.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Muhammad Ali Ehsan, Abbas Saeed Hakeem
  • WEIGHTED DRILLING FLUID CONTAINING METAL-MODIFIED PHYLLOSILICATE
    Publication number: 20230340316
    Abstract: A drilling fluid formulation is provided, which includes an aqueous base fluid, a synthetic modified phyllosilicate as an anti-sagging additive, an inorganic base, and a weighting agent (e.g. barite). The synthetic modified phyllosilicate contains a clay material (e.g. smectite) and a metal selected from ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. The synthetic modified phyllosilicate is effective in preventing barite sagging as demonstrated by low sag factor when drilling at elevated temperatures. Rheology properties of the drilling fluid including gel strength, yield point, plastic viscosity, and storage modulus are also specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Salaheldin ELKATATNY, Salem BASFAR, Abdelmjeed MOHAMED
  • Method of removing sulfate scale
    Patent number: 11795372
    Abstract: A method of removing a sulfate scale from a surface is provided. The method includes contacting the sulfate-comprising scale with a conversion solution including 1 to 10 wt. % of an alkali metal carbonate, 0.5 to 10 wt. % of a borate salt or hydrate thereof, and 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % of a base to produce a carbonate-comprising scale. The method further includes exposing the carbonate-comprising scale with an acid solution including 2.5 to 25 wt. % of an acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohamed Mahmoud, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal
  • Method for anti-corrosion treating an oil well with an oil in water emulsion
    Patent number: 11795380
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well is provided. According to the method the oil and gas well is treated with an acidic treatment fluid which is an oil-in-water emulsion containing 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, from 10 to 30 vol. % of a solvent selected from the group consisting of dimethyl formamide, dimethyl acetamide, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, phenol, cresol, and benzyl alcohol; and 0.001 to 0.045 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mumtaz Ahmad Quraishi, Kashif Rahmani Ansari, Dheeraj Singh Chauhan
  • Method of making NiO nanoparticles for electrocatalytic water splitting
    Patent number: 11795555
    Abstract: A method of making NiO nanoparticles is described, as well as a method of using NiO nanoparticles as an electrocatalyst component to a porous carbon electrode. The carbon electrode may be made of carbonized filter paper. Together, this carbon-supported NiO electrode may be used for water electrolysis. Using a pamoic acid salt in the NiO nanoparticle synthesis leads to smaller and monodisperse nanoparticles, which support higher current densities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Md. Abdul Aziz, Mohammed Ameeh Ahmed Qasem
  • Modified sonic tool for advanced formation evaluation
    Patent number: 11795813
    Abstract: A formation evaluating system including a sonic sensor device attached to a drill string adjacent to a bit includes a sonic source and a first sonic receiver aligned adjacent to the sonic source, and a second sonic receiver aligned with a horizontal offset X. Three kind of two-way trip times are measured: from the sonic source to a) the first receiver after a reflection at the borehole wall, b) the first receiver after propagation in a layer below the borehole wall, an invaded zone, and a reflection at an interface below the borehole wall, and c) the second receiver after oblique propagations in the invaded zone and a reflection at the interface. After determining a sonic speed in the drilling mud and a sonic speed in a matrix of the invaded zone, a porosity and a thickness of the invaded zone are estimated based on a time average equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mohamed Mahmoud, Rakan Fadhel