Patents Assigned to Protostar Group Ltd.
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Patent number: 12729607Abstract: An injection well bored in a mafic and/or ultramafic rock used for carbon dioxide sequestration and a method of cementing a CO2 injection well are described. The injection well may include a surface casing and an injection casing placed in a drilled borehole. The injection well may have an open interval permitting fluid communication f into the mafic and/or ultramafic rock. A cured cement may be present between the mafic and/or ultramafic rock and the injection casing and may be formed from a cementitious slurry mixture containing a class G cement, fly ash, microsilica, additives, and an epoxy resin blend. An injection tubing is disposed in the interior of the injection casing, having fluid communication with the interior of the injection casing. A packer connected to the injection tubing may be present as a fluid seal within the injection casing.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2025Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: PROTOSTAR GROUP LTD.Inventors: Hammad Tariq Janjuhah, Amin Amin, Juerg Matter
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Patent number: 12553315Abstract: A method of measuring a rate of mineralization, including: positioning a seismic sensor and/or a harmonic sensor in acoustic communication with a rock formation; injecting carbon dioxide into a borehole in the rock formation; reacting the carbon dioxide with the rock formation to form mineralized carbon dioxide; measuring an acoustic activity generated in the rock formation with the seismic sensor and/or harmonic sensor during the reacting; calculating the rate of mineralization based on the acoustic activity; and adjusting a rate of carbon dioxide injection into the rock formation based on the calculated rate of mineralization.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: PROTOSTAR GROUP LTD.Inventors: Talal Hasan, Juerg Matter, Ehab Tasfai, Karan Khimji
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Publication number: 20250341151Abstract: An injection well bored in a mafic and/or ultramafic rock used for carbon dioxide sequestration and a method of cementing a CO2 injection well with a formulated cured. The injection well may include a surface casing and an injection casing placed in a drilled borehole. The injection well may have an open interval permitting fluid communication f into the mafic and/or ultramafic rock. A cured cement may be present between the mafic and/or ultramafic rock and the injection casing and may be formed from a cementitious slurry mixture containing a class G cement, fly ash, microsilica, additives, and an epoxy resin blend. An injection tubing is disposed in the interior of the injection casing, having fluid communication with the interior of the injection casing. A packer connected to the injection tubing may be present as a fluid seal within the injection casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2025Publication date: November 6, 2025Applicant: PROTOSTAR GROUP LTD.Inventors: Hammad Tariq JANJUHAH, Amin AMIN, Juerg MATTER
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Publication number: 20250003314Abstract: A method of measuring a rate of mineralization, including: positioning a seismic sensor and/or a harmonic sensor in acoustic communication with a rock formation; injecting carbon dioxide into a borehole in the rock formation; reacting the carbon dioxide with the rock formation to form mineralized carbon dioxide; measuring an acoustic activity generated in the rock formation with the seismic sensor and/or harmonic sensor during the reacting; calculating the rate of mineralization based on the acoustic activity; and adjusting a rate of carbon dioxide injection into the rock formation based on the calculated rate of mineralization.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicant: PROTOSTAR GROUP LTD.Inventors: Talal HASAN, Juerg MATTER, Ehab TASFAI, Karan KHIMJI
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Patent number: 12168610Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to mineralize CO2 into peridotite rocks in a controlled and efficient manner removing carbon permanently from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide sequestration into peridotite rocks happens naturally by means of natural weathering. However, this process is so slow and might take thousands of years to transform considerable amount of CO2 into carbonate rocks. The present invention, however, shortens the time of mineralization considerably in a controlled and quantifiable manner. This is typically done by injecting CO2 into peridotite rock formation and creating an efficient reaction pathways and conditions for the mineralization reaction to happen and therefore store CO2 by conversion into magnesite (MgCO3) and calcite (CaCO3).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Protostar Group Ltd.Inventors: Talal Hasan, Karan Khimji, Ehab Tasfai
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Patent number: 12006471Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel process for the mineralization of CO2 in mafic and ultramafic rocks or storage of CO2 in geological formations through the generation and use of nano-sized CO2 bubbles injected into a fluid-mixture.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Protostar Group Ltd.Inventors: Talal Hasan, Ehab Tasfai, Juerg Matter
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Publication number: 20230235214Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel process for the mineralization of CO2 in mafic and ultramafic rocks or storage of CO2 in geological formations through the generation and use of nano-sized CO2 bubbles injected into a fluid-mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: Protostar Group Ltd.Inventors: Talal Hasan, Ehab Tasfai, Juerg Matter
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Publication number: 20230038447Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method to mineralize CO2 into peridotite rocks in a controlled and efficient manner removing carbon permanently from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide sequestration into peridotite rocks happens naturally by means of natural weathering. However, this process is so slow and might take thousands of years to transform considerable amount of CO2 into carbonate rocks. The present invention, however, shortens the time of mineralization considerably in a controlled and quantifiable manner. This is typically done by injecting CO2 into peridotite rock formation and creating an efficient reaction pathways and conditions for the mineralization reaction to happen and therefore store CO2 by conversion into magnesite (MgCO3) and calcite (CaCO3).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: Protostar Group Ltd.Inventors: Talal Hasan, Karan Khimji, Ehab Tasfai