Patents by Inventor Ahmad A. Sorour
Ahmad A. Sorour 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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Publication number: 20240426741Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving real-time data associated with a component of a hydrocarbon production system; generating, using a first machine learning model and based on the real-time data, a corrosion rate for the component; determining that the corrosion rate is greater than a predetermined threshold; responsively using a second machine learning model to calculate for the component one or more mitigated corrosion rates when using one or more available corrosion inhibitors; selecting, based on the one or more mitigated corrosion rates, one of the available corrosion inhibitors to use to mitigate the corrosion rate of the component; and responsively performing one or more mitigating actions to mitigate the corrosion rate of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Turki Abdullah Al-Khaldi, Ahmad A. Sorour, Sadam Al-Azani, Ime Bassey Obot, Anas S. Rushaid
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Patent number: 12110454Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2024Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Patent number: 12110453Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2024Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Patent number: 12104119Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2024Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Publication number: 20240294821Abstract: The disclosure relates to corrosion inhibition compositions and methods of using such compositions to inhibit corrosion in a sour environment. The compositions and methods can be used in various settings, such as an oil and gas carrying pipeline and/or a component in an oil and gas facility that would handle a sour aqueous fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Nayef M. Alanazi, Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Publication number: 20240279534Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey OBOT, Ahmad A. SOROUR
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Publication number: 20240279535Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey OBOT, Ahmad A. SOROUR
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Publication number: 20240271033Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2024Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey OBOT, Ahmad A. SOROUR
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Patent number: 11987752Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Patent number: 11959016Abstract: A composition for inhibiting corrosion in gas wells includes a pyrazolopyridine derivative. The pyrazolopyridine derivative includes a pyridyl moiety, a first pyrazole moiety, a second pyrazole moiety, and a phenyl moiety. The first pyrazole moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The second pyrazole moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The phenyl moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The composition can be flowed into a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation, thereby inhibiting corrosion in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Mumtaz A. Quraishi, Ahmad A. Sorour, Tao Chen, Qiwei Wang, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Bader Ghazi Al-Harbi
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Patent number: 11707784Abstract: Bearing steel comprising cubic boron nitride (c-BN) and/or nickel coated cBN spark plasma sintered at a temperature in the range of 850-1050° C. is disclosed. The tribological and corrosion resistance of the bearing steel improved with increasing the amount of c-BN. Further improvement in the properties was achieved with the incorporation of nickel coated c-BN, which caused a phase transition of the bearing steel from magnetic to non-magnetic phase accompanied by interdiffusion enhancement between the matrix and c-BN reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Abbas Saeed Hakeem, Akeem Yusuf Adesina, Muhammad Umar Azam, Bilal Anjum Ahmed, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Publication number: 20230092085Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey OBOT, Ahmad A. SOROUR
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Patent number: 11549049Abstract: A composition for inhibiting corrosion in hydrocarbon wells includes a pyranopyrazole derivative. The pyranopyrazole derivative includes a pyrazole moiety, a dihydropyran moiety, and a phenyl moiety. The dihydropyran moiety is bound to the pyrazole moiety. The phenyl moiety is bound to the dihydropyran moiety. The composition can be flowed into a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation, thereby inhibiting corrosion in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Mumtaz A. Quraishi, Ahmad A. Sorour, Tao Chen, Qiwei Wang, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Norah Abdullah Aljeaban
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Publication number: 20230002666Abstract: A composition for inhibiting corrosion in hydrocarbon wells includes a pyranopyrazole derivative. The pyranopyrazole derivative includes a pyrazole moiety, a dihydropyran moiety, and a phenyl moiety. The dihydropyran moiety is bound to the pyrazole moiety. The phenyl moiety is bound to the dihydropyran moiety. The composition can be flowed into a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation, thereby inhibiting corrosion in the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Mumtaz A. Quraishi, Ahmad A. Sorour, Tao Chen, Qiwei Wang, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Norah Abdullah Aljeaban
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Publication number: 20220403224Abstract: A composition for inhibiting corrosion in gas wells includes a pyrazolopyridine derivative. The pyrazolopyridine derivative includes a pyridyl moiety, a first pyrazole moiety, a second pyrazole moiety, and a phenyl moiety. The first pyrazole moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The second pyrazole moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The phenyl moiety is bound to the pyridyl moiety. The composition can be flowed into a wellbore formed in a subterranean formation, thereby inhibiting corrosion in the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Mumtaz A. Quraishi, Ahmad A. Sorour, Tao Chen, Qiwei Wang, Mohammed A. Bataweel, Bader Ghazi Al-Harbi
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Patent number: 11525081Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Patent number: 11479732Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition and methods of inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface for use in the oil and gas industry. The corrosion inhibitor includes at least one polyamine, an alkanolamine, at least one surfactant, preferably a linear alkyl alcohol ethoxylate, at least one thioglycol compound, and at least one alcohol solvent. The methods include combining effective amounts of the corrosion inhibitor composition and contacting a metal surface in carbon dioxide-containing aqueous environments commonly found in oil and gas industry. The composition is very effective against corrosion of metals in contact with aqueous sweet corrosive brine media when used in a dosage from 50-100 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour
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Publication number: 20220152700Abstract: Bearing steel comprising cubic boron nitride (c-BN) and/or nickel coated cBN spark plasma sintered at a temperature in the range of 850-1050° C. is disclosed. The tribological and corrosion resistance of the bearing steel improved with increasing the amount of c-BN. Further improvement in the properties was achieved with the incorporation of nickel coated c-BN, which caused a phase transition of the bearing steel from magnetic to non-magnetic phase accompanied by interdiffusion enhancement between the matrix and c-BN reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Abbas Saeed HAKEEM, Akeem Yusuf ADESINA, Muhammad Umar AZAM, Bilal Anjum AHMED, Ahmad A. SOROUR
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Patent number: 11180856Abstract: A corrosion inhibitor composition, which includes (i) a date palm leaves extract, (ii) a benzimidazole compound having at least one a carbamate group, (iii) a pyridine compound, (iv) a thiourea compound, (v) a cinnamaldehyde compound, (vi) a metal iodide, (vii) urotropin, and (viii) a base fluid containing an alcohol and an organic acid. A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid cleaning is also disclosed, whereby the metal is treated with an acidic treatment fluid containing 1 to 5 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and 0.1 to 5 vol. % of the corrosion inhibitor composition, based on a total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, Saline Water Conversion CorporationInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Abdelkader Meroufel, Ahmad A. Sorour, Ikenna B. Onyeachu, Saviour A. Umoren, Abdulrhaman Faleh Alenazi, Moses M. Solomon
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Publication number: 20200339871Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2019Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsInventors: Ime Bassey Obot, Ahmad A. Sorour