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).
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Patent number: 10450499Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 10442977Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 10442978Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20190185739Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20190185737Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20190185738Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 10308862Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20180320054Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 10053614Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 9963631Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 9701894Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Patent number: 9488042Abstract: 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 stimuType: GrantFiled: April 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Victor V. Hilab, Mirajuddin R. Khan, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20160319182Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2016Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20160264859Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20150300143Abstract: 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 stimuType: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Victor V. Hilab, Mirajuddin R. Khan, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi
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Publication number: 20150300142Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Hazim H. Abass, Ahmad S. Al-Otaibi