Patents Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company
  • Publication number: 20240139650
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward a system and a method for gas-condensate recovery. A gas-condensate separator is in fluid communication with a production header and an ejector comprising a motive inlet, a suction inlet, and an ejector outlet. The gas-condensate separator comprises an inlet, a gas outlet, and a recovered condensate outlet. The recovered condensate outlet is in fluid communication with the suction inlet of the ejector, and the ejector outlet is in fluid communication with the production header. The method comprises feeding a production fluid from a production header to a gas-condensate separator. The production fluid is separated in the gas-condensate separator. A gas and a recovered condensate are recovered and the recovered condensate is recycled into the production header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mamdouh E. Harbi, Abdulhadi F. Al-Qahtani
  • Publication number: 20240146051
    Abstract: An submarine cable system includes a first and a second submarine cable circuit branches arranged in parallel between an onshore BSP and an offshore BSP, and a first and a second bus reactor circuits arranged in parallel and connected to the onshore BSP. The first and second submarine cable circuit branches each includes a first circuit breaker, a submarine cable circuit, and a second circuit breaker connected in series, a first line reactor of which one end is grounded and another end is connected between the submarine cable circuit and the first circuit breaker, and a second line reactor of which one end is grounded and another end is connected between the submarine cable circuit and the second circuit breaker. The first and second bus reactor circuits each includes a bus reactor and a circuit breaker connected in series. An example switching method for this system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Wasseem Ali Alkhardawi
  • Publication number: 20240142383
    Abstract: A device for probing an interior of a tube includes an annular frame configured for engagement with a rotor or an orbital element mount. The annular frame presents a mounting surface. An annular buffer layer is positioned radially inward of and concentrically with the annular frame. A flexible annular sealing layer is joined with the annular buffer layer and positioned radially inward of and concentrically with the annular buffer layer. The sealing layer is configured to form a seal with the tube. A rotational layer is positioned between the annular frame and the buffer layer enabling rotation of the annular frame about the annular buffer layer. A process cartridge frame is mounted on the mounting surface and includes three or more process cartridge openings. Each of the cartridge openings is configured to receive a process cartridge. Each process cartridge is rotatively selectable via rotation of the annular frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Saad Menahi Mutairi, Damian Pablo San Roman Alerigi, Sameeh Issa Batarseh
  • Publication number: 20240141782
    Abstract: A sample while logging tool for downhole fluid sampling and production logging may include a sample collector sub and a sensor sub. The sample collector sub may include a body defining a bore extending from a first end to a second end. One or more sample chambers may be housed in the bore. The sample chamber may collect a fluid sample. At least one probe may be coupled to the sample chamber to measure fluid properties of the collected fluid sample within the sample chamber and transmit the fluid properties. A piston may be coupled to the first end having a gate distal to the first end. The piston may be actuated to open and close an opening of the sample chamber. Additionally, the sensor sub may measure and transmit data on fluids within a well to form production logging data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Muhammad Imran Javed, Sanjiv Kumar, Mohammed N. Almannai
  • Publication number: 20240139720
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to methods for producing catalyst compositions, which may include forming a precursor solution comprising a silicon-containing material, an aluminum-containing material, and a quaternary amine, hydrothermally treating the precursor solution at a first temperature to form an intermediate mixture, hydrothermally treating the intermediate mixture at a second temperature to form beta zeolite, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature by at least 200° C., forming an extrudable mixture comprising the beta zeolite, alumina, a metal precursor, and a binder, extruding the extrudable mixture to form extrudates, and calcining the extrudates to form the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Lianhui Ding, Faisal Alotaibi
  • Publication number: 20240143781
    Abstract: A security tool includes a vulnerability classifier for classifying vulnerabilities based on an assessment report, an exploitability classifier for determining an exploitability level for a vulnerability of a list of vulnerabilities of the assessment report based on data of an intelligence feed, a risk classifier for calculating an overall risk level for a computer application associated with the vulnerability of the list of vulnerabilities based on an impact score for the computer application, and a remediation prioritizer to determine an order of remediation for the computer application and to generate a remediation prioritization report including the order of remediation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mariam Fahad BUBSHAIT, Sultan Saadaldean ALSHARIF, Abdullah ALTURAIFI
  • Publication number: 20240143564
    Abstract: A method and a system for well log data quality control is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a well log data regarding a geological region of interest, verifying an integrity and a quality of the well log data, determining the quality of the well log data based on a quality score of the well log data and making a determination regarding the access to the databases based on the quality of data. Additionally, the method includes performing the statistical analysis and the classification of well log data, a predictive and a prescriptive analysis of trends and predictions of the well log data, and generating an action plan for datasets with unsatisfactory quality scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Chicheng Xu, Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Tao Lin, Yuchen Jin, Weichang Li
  • Publication number: 20240141777
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for monitoring wellbore deformation is disclosed. The apparatus includes an expandable annular cylindrical packer and a plurality of assemblies mounted on an exterior circumferential surface of the packer. The plurality of assemblies are configured to be pressed against a wellbore surface by the packer. Each of the assemblies includes at least one fiber-optic coil embedded in a sheet of deformable substrate, a tray-shaped receptacle formed from a low thermal conductivity material and attached along the rim to an edge of the sheet with a pressure tight-seal, and an optical coupler configured to couple the fiber-optic coil to a fiber-optic cable. The assemblies further include a pressure-tight compartment containing a high-pressure inert gas that is formed by the receptacle, the sheet, and the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Damian San Roman Alerigi, Jose Oliverio Alvarez, Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda, Sameeh Issa Batarseh
  • Publication number: 20240142950
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and/or methods for automatically collecting and evaluating PI data from one or more controllers of a production facility. For example, various embodiments described herein can relate to a method for evaluating the performance of a production facility that includes establishing an authenticated connection with a performance indicator server in accordance with a defined schedule. The performance indicator server stores data from one or more controllers that manage assets of a production facility. The method can include automatically evaluating a performance of the production facility, via a performance evaluation algorithm, in response to collecting performance indicator data via the authenticated connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ibrahim N. Almohaimeed
  • Publication number: 20240143799
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an authorized roles tool includes an analyzer to determine a type of request received from a user including an unregistered action, an unregistered permission, or a combination thereof, a predictor to predict, using a data management model, a role with which to associate the unregistered action, the unregistered permission, or the combination thereof, and a registrar to register the unregistered action, the unregistered permission, or the combination thereof to the role.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmad F. SIRHANI
  • Patent number: 11970659
    Abstract: Methods for treating a formation may include introducing components of a treatment solution into a wellbore such that the treatment solution contacts the formation to be treated, where the treatment solution may include urea, urease, a calcium ion source, one or more polysaccharides, a casein protein, a protease, an ionic compound, and a sugar, where the formation may have an amount of sand production before treatment and may be in fluid contact with the wellbore, and where an amount of sand production after treatment may be less than the amount of sand production before treatment. Consolidated sand structure compositions may include previously unconsolidated sand interlinked by inter-particle cementitious bonds comprising deposited calcium carbonate crystals, where the consolidated sand has a structural strength and the consolidated sand structure is porous to permit fluid flow through the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Manar A. Alahmari, Abdulmohsen A. Al-Humam, Mohammed A. Bataweel
  • Patent number: 11970402
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified zeolites and methods for making modified zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a modified zeolite includes a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm and organometallic moieties each bonded to bridging oxygen atoms. The microporous framework includes at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The organometallic moieties include a metal atom and a ring structure including the metal atom, a nitrogen atom, and one or more carbon atoms. The metal atom may be bonded to a bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the metal atom of the organometallic moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Manoj K. Gangwar, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan
  • Patent number: 11971513
    Abstract: Methods of and systems for forming an image of a subterranean region of interest are disclosed. The method includes obtaining an observed seismic dataset and a seismic velocity model for the subterranean region of interest and generating a simulated seismic dataset based on the seismic velocity model and the source and receiver geometry of the observed seismic dataset. The method also includes forming a plurality of time-windowed trace pairs from the simulated and the observed seismic datasets, and forming an objective function based on a penalty function and a cross-correlation between the members of each pair. The method further includes determining a seismic velocity increment based on the extremum of the objective function and forming an updated seismic velocity model by combining the seismic velocity increment and the seismic velocity model, and forming the image of the subterranean region of interest based on the updated seismic velocity model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Weiguang He, Yubing Li, Lu Liu, Yi Luo
  • Patent number: 11970926
    Abstract: A system includes an upper section, having a first lateral end. The upper section has upper production tubing configured to be a conduit for production fluids, an upper electrical cable configured to transmit electricity, and a sub-surface safety valve fixed to the upper production tubing. The system further includes a lower section having a second lateral end, lower production tubing configured to be a conduit for the production fluids, a lower electrical cable configured to transmit electricity, an electric submersible pump assembly, and an anchor configured to hold the lower section within the casing string. A stinger assembly is fixed to the first lateral end of the upper section, and a stinger receptacle is fixed to the second lateral end of the lower section. The stinger receptacle is configured to receive the stinger assembly and create an electrical connection between the upper section and the lower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11970927
    Abstract: A packer couples a first tubing and a second tubing while sealing against a wall of a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. A first hydrocarbon stream is flowed across the packer from the surface through the first tubing to a downhole location. The first hydrocarbon stream has a hydrogen sulfide content that is less than a hydrogen sulfide content of downhole fluids present in the subterranean formation. A second hydrocarbon stream is flowed across the packer from the downhole location through the second tubing to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hussain A. Aborshaid, Hatim S. AlQasim
  • Patent number: 11970943
    Abstract: A system includes a casing string, a flow control apparatus, and a stinger. The flow control apparatus includes a tubular body, a float valve, and a disk. The tubular body has a conduit and a first end. The first end is connectable to the casing string. The float valve is fixed within the conduit of the tubular body and is configured to block flow in a first direction and allow flow in the second direction. The disk is fixed above the float valve and within the conduit of the tubular body. The disk is configured to prevent flow in the second direction until the disk is broken by a pre-determined force. The stinger is deployed in the casing string and applies the pre-determined force to the disk to allow a flow of the fluid, in the second direction, from the stinger to the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Mohammed Ali Alhelal
  • Patent number: 11970423
    Abstract: Cement compositions of the present disclosure include a cement precursor, water, and a cement retarder that includes hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. In particular, the cement compositions include from 10 wt. % to 70 wt. % cement precursor, from 5 wt. % to 70 wt. % water, and from 0.1 percent by weight of cement (BWOC) to 10 percent BWOC cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives. The hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives provide increased thickening time to the cement compositions at downhole temperatures of greater than or equal to 50° C. The present disclosure further includes methods of cementing a wellbore using the cement compositions with the cement retarder comprising the hydrocarboxylic acid derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara Abdulaziz Alkhalaf, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Al Safran
  • Patent number: 11970936
    Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring an annulus pressure of a well. The method includes performing periodic surveys to monitor an annulus pressure of the well, determining the annulus pressure of the well over a period of time, comparing the annulus pressure to a Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure (MAWOP), and generating a decision on whether the well is a workover candidate based on results of the comparison. The system includes a collecting tool that performs periodic surveys to monitor an annulus pressure of the well, determines the annulus pressure of the well over a period of time, and broadcasts information relating to the periodic surveys. The system further includes a processor that obtains the information relating the periodic surveys, compares the annulus pressure to a Maximum Allowable Wellhead Operating Pressure (MAWOP), and generates a decision on whether the well is a workover candidate based on the results of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdullah M. Al-Dhafeeri, Shebl Fouad Abo Zkry
  • Patent number: 11970403
    Abstract: Methods for synthesizing zeolites in the presence of a pH-modified WS-ODSO composition are provided. A pH-modified WS-ODSO composition is used as a component in zeolite synthesis along with precursors and reagents for synthesizing zeolites. The methods advantageously reduce the amount of utility water required for synthesizing zeolites. In certain embodiments the methods reduce the amounts of added mineralizer reagent typically required for synthesizing zeolites. The methods advantageously reduce the amount of utility water required for synthesizing a material and reduce the DSO waste from a refinery and discharge into the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert P. Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu
  • Publication number: 20240132798
    Abstract: A blend for lubricating a surface includes a lubricant and a polyepoxide co(ter)polymer additive mixed with the lubricant. The polyepoxide co(ter)polymer additive includes a first block having monomer M1 and a second block having monomer M2. The first monomer M1 includes hexene oxide, HO, or octene oxide, OO, and the second monomer M2 includes propylene oxide, PO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Subram Mani SARATHY, Nikos HADJICHRISTIDIS, Viko LADELTA, Tsu-fang HONG