Patents by Inventor Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi

Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi 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: 10450499
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 10442977
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 10442978
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20190185739
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20190185737
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20190185738
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 10308862
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20180320054
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation. The cleanup fluid includes an exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 10053614
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation is disclosed. The cleanup fluid includes an acid precursor, the acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 9963631
    Abstract: A composition for improved hydrocarbon recovery from a formation due to cleanup of a residual viscous material is provided. The composition comprises an acid precursor, the acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component; and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 9701894
    Abstract: A method for improved hydrocarbon recovery from a formation due to cleanup of a residual viscous material is provided. The method comprising the steps of fracturing the formation with a fracturing fluid to generate fractures, the fracturing fluid comprising a viscous fluid component operable to fracture the formation leaving behind residual viscous material in the fractures, the viscous fluid having a viscosity; a proppant component comprising a proppant, the proppant operable to hold open the fractures, wherein the proppant component is carried to the fractures by the viscous fluid component; and a cleanup fluid, the cleanup fluid comprising: an acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component, and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the generated heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Patent number: 9488042
    Abstract: A method of increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a wellbore in a gas-containing formation includes the steps of mixing an exothermic reaction component to achieve a pre-selected solution pH, the exothermic reaction component is operable to react at a wellbore temperature to generate a pressure pulse, mixing the exothermic reaction component with a viscous fluid component operable to fracture the gas-containing formation to create fractures, and a proppant component, the proppant component carried to the fractures by the viscous fluid, the proppant component comprises a proppant operable to hold open the fractures, to form a fracturing fluid, injecting the fracturing fluid into the wellbore in the gas-containing formation to create fractures, and generating the pressure pulse when the exothermic reaction component reaches the wellbore temperature, the pressure pulse operable to create auxiliary fractures, wherein the auxiliary fractures create a fracture network, the fracture network increases the stimu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Victor V. Hilab, Mirajuddin R. Khan, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20160319182
    Abstract: A cleanup fluid for reducing a viscosity of a residual viscous material in fractures of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation is disclosed. The cleanup fluid includes an acid precursor, the acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20160264859
    Abstract: A composition for improved hydrocarbon recovery from a formation due to cleanup of a residual viscous material is provided. The composition comprises an acid precursor, the acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component; and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material, the reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20150300143
    Abstract: A method of increasing a stimulated reservoir volume in a wellbore in a gas-containing formation includes the steps of mixing an exothermic reaction component to achieve a pre-selected solution pH, the exothermic reaction component is operable to react at a wellbore temperature to generate a pressure pulse, mixing the exothermic reaction component with a viscous fluid component operable to fracture the gas-containing formation to create fractures, and a proppant component, the proppant component carried to the fractures by the viscous fluid, the proppant component comprises a proppant operable to hold open the fractures, to form a fracturing fluid, injecting the fracturing fluid into the wellbore in the gas-containing formation to create fractures, and generating the pressure pulse when the exothermic reaction component reaches the wellbore temperature, the pressure pulse operable to create auxiliary fractures, wherein the auxiliary fractures create a fracture network, the fracture network increases the stimu
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Victor V. Hilab, Mirajuddin R. Khan, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
  • Publication number: 20150300142
    Abstract: A method for improved hydrocarbon recovery from a formation due to cleanup of a residual viscous material is provided. The method comprising the steps of fracturing the formation with a fracturing fluid to generate fractures, the fracturing fluid comprising a viscous fluid component operable to fracture the formation leaving behind residual viscous material in the fractures, the viscous fluid having a viscosity; a proppant component comprising a proppant, the proppant operable to hold open the fractures, wherein the proppant component is carried to the fractures by the viscous fluid component; and a cleanup fluid, the cleanup fluid comprising: an acid precursor operable to trigger an exothermic reaction component, and the exothermic reaction component operable to generate heat, where the generated heat is operable to reduce a viscosity of the residual viscous material to create a reduced viscosity material operable to flow from the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi