Patents by Inventor Ahmed A. Al-Mousa

Ahmed A. Al-Mousa 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: 11952852
    Abstract: A wireline fishing tool includes a body having opposing upper and lower ends and defining an inner flowpath extending between the upper and lower ends, a spear arranged within the inner flowpath and including a spear body having opposing uphole and downhole ends and an inner channel extending between the uphole and downhole ends. One or more hooks are pivotably attached to the spear body at the downhole end, wherein the spear is movable between a retracted state, where the one or more hooks are arranged within the inner flowpath, and an extended state, where the spear body extends out of the inner flowpath at the lower end and the one or more hooks exiting the inner flowpath, and the one or more hooks pivot radially outward and away from the spear body upon exiting the inner flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Mohammed M. Alibrahim
  • Publication number: 20240110462
    Abstract: A system for removing contaminants from a tubular pipe. The system may include a wiper plug with a plurality of wipers. The wipers may include a first wiper with a first diameter different from a second diameter of a second wiper. The system may include a landing profile that may include at least two arms configured to extend outward. The system may include a valve disposed in an internal bore of the wiper plug. The valve may include a plurality of shear pins configured to hold the valve in a closed position and to break from increasing pressure to allow the valve to open. The system may include a nipple comprising a latch profile configured to cooperate with the landing profile of the wiper plug for holding the wiper plug in the tubular pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Marius Neacsu, Omar M. Alhamid
  • Patent number: 11933130
    Abstract: A wellhead adaptor tool, a system, and a method for installing a shooting nipple on a rotating control device of a wellhead. The wellhead adaptor tool has a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The body has a void. The first flange is coupled to a first portion of the body. The first flange has multiple voids to couple the body to a shooting nipple by multiple fasteners. The second flange is coupled to a second portion of the body. The second flange couples the body to a rotating control device of a wellhead coupled to a wellbore. A clamp is coupled to the second flange to couple the second flange to the rotating control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Ossama A. El-Sokkary, Ossama R. Sehsah, Omar M. Alhamid
  • Publication number: 20240068316
    Abstract: A system includes an overshot body, an engagement mechanism, a cutter body, a disk assembly, and a motor. The overshot body has an overshot conduit. The overshot conduit is configured to receive the external circumferential surface of the tubular body. The engagement mechanism is disposed within the overshot conduit, connected to the overshot body, and configured to engage with the external circumferential surface of the tubular body. The cutter body is connected to the overshot body and is configured to enter the tubular conduit. The disk assembly is rotatably connected to the cutter body. The motor is located within an orifice of the cutter body and is configured to rotate the disk assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Bader M. Al-Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11913298
    Abstract: A well tool for milling a tubular includes a well tubing disposed in a wellbore and including a circulation fluid pathway through an interior of the well tubing, a first milling tool coupled to the well tubing at a first longitudinal end of the well tubing, a second milling tool coupled to the well tubing at a location longitudinally uphole from the first milling tool, and a third milling tool coupled to the well tubing at a location longitudinally uphole from the second milling tool. Each of the milling tools include a mill bit and a circulation sub fluidly connected to the circulation fluid pathway. The first milling tool mills a first portion of the tubular, the second milling tool mills a second portion of the tubular, and the third milling tool mills a third portion of the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11905791
    Abstract: A well system includes a tubular string comprising a plurality of tubular segments and positioned in a wellbore drilled into a subterranean zone, and a landing sub connected to a bottom end of one of the plurality of tubular segments. The landing sub includes a landing sub central bore and a landing sub locking profile on an inner surface of the landing sub central bore. The well system also includes a valve assembly configured to be pumped down the tubular string by fluid flowing in a downhole direction through the tubular string and to land within the landing sub central bore. The valve assembly includes a main body with a valve central bore and a flapper configured to pivot between an open position and a closed position. In the closed positon the flapper seals against a flapper seat and blocks fluid from flowing in an uphole direction through the valve central bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11859476
    Abstract: A system includes production tubing, a telescoping joint, a pump sub, a lock ring, and a crossover. The production tubing provides a hydraulic connection from a surface location to a well. The telescoping joint has a housing and a by-pass hanger having a head. An opening of the housing is larger than the by-pass hanger and smaller than the head and the head is moveably located within the housing. The lock ring is disposed around the by-pass hanger directly beneath the opening of the housing. The lock ring absorbs a compressive force and prevents the by-pass hanger from moving in an upwards direction. The crossover component is hydraulically connected to the production tubing and provides the hydraulic connection to the telescoping joint and the pump sub. The pump sub is located parallel to the telescoping joint, and the pump sub is connected to an electric submersible pump string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Publication number: 20230383616
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for borehole fishing include a borehole fishing tool. The borehole fishing tool includes a grapple for fixedly attaching to a fish in a borehole, at least two metal springs mounted in the grapple to generate expansion and contraction for catching the fish in the borehole, and a slip profile attached to each metal spring. The borehole fishing tool further includes a plurality of teeth mounted on the slip profile to engage the fish with the grapple and a connector attached to the borehole fishing tool to connect the borehole fishing tool to a conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11828128
    Abstract: A bell nipple includes a downhole end configured to sealingly couple to an uphole-end of a blow-out preventer. An uphole end of the bell nipple includes a first set of threads along an inner surface of the bell nipple. A thread saver is configured to be received by the uphole end. The thread saver is configured to protect the first set of threads from impact. An extension sub is configured to be received by the uphole end. The extension sub includes a downhole end with a second set of threads configured to engage with the first set of threads. An uphole end of the extension sub includes a third set of threads configured receive a well tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Bader M. Alahmad
  • Publication number: 20230358118
    Abstract: A wellbore protector ram device includes a plurality of blocks that move in a plane orthogonal to an extension direction of a drill string and block junk from passing through a body of the wellbore protector ram device. The wellbore protector ram further includes a plurality of pistons that actuate, thereby locking and preventing movement of the plurality of blocks, and a plurality of springs that press the plurality of blocks against the drill string when the plurality of blocks are unlocked. The body includes an opening and encases the plurality of pistons and a plurality of springs. The drill string passes through the opening of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Bader M. Al-Ahmad
  • Patent number: 11808113
    Abstract: A bell nipple assembly includes a tubular main body and a catcher assembly positioned above the tubular main body that includes an upper opening with a diameter greater than an inner diameter of the tubular main body and one or more inwardly sloping inner surfaces configured to catch fluids falling from the rig floor or from an exterior surface of the drill string and to direct the fluids to the tubular main body. The bell nipple assembly also includes one or more magnets configured to direct a magnetic field toward an interior of the catcher assembly and to attract a metallic object falling within the interior of the catcher assembly towards the inwardly sloping inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Publication number: 20230349258
    Abstract: A packer protection system is disclosed. The packer protection system includes a swellable packer disposed along a tubular and a packer protection apparatus disposed around the swellable packer. The packer protection apparatus includes a shell body, a first connection mechanism provided on the shell body, and a second connection mechanism provided on the shell body, where the first connection mechanism and the second connection mechanism interlock. The packer protection apparatus also includes a shear pin removably fitted through the first connection mechanism and the second connection mechanism and at least one fluid port provided in the shell body. The shell body extends entirely around the swellable packer to create a sealed chamber between an inner surface of the shell body and an outer surface of the swellable packer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ahmed A. Al-Mousa, Saad M. Budair, Abdullah S. Almulhim
  • Publication number: 20230304385
    Abstract: A first interval inflow control device and a second interval inflow control device are positioned on a production tubing string proximate to a first subterranean interval and a second subterranean interval, respectively. The inflow control devices each include a central bore, a sand screen surrounding an inner tube, a plurality of ports connect the annular space between an inner surface of the sand screen and an outer surface of the inner tube, and a sliding sleeve configured to translate between an open position and closed position. A first shifting tool is configured to engage with and axially translate the sliding sleeve of the first interval inflow control device and a second shifting tool is configured to engage with and axially translate the sliding sleeve of the second interval inflow control device. The second shifting tool has an outer diameter less than the bore of the first interval inflow control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Marius Neacsu, Omar M. Alhamid
  • Publication number: 20230265733
    Abstract: A wellhead adaptor tool, a system, and a method for installing a shooting nipple on a rotating control device of a wellhead. The wellhead adaptor tool has a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The body has a void. The first flange is coupled to a first portion of the body. The first flange has multiple voids to couple the body to a shooting nipple by multiple fasteners. The second flange is coupled to a second portion of the body. The second flange couples the body to a rotating control device of a wellhead coupled to a wellbore. A clamp is coupled to the second flange to couple the second flange to the rotating control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Ossama A. El-Sokkary, Ossama R. Sehsah, Omar M. Alhamid
  • Publication number: 20230258070
    Abstract: An ultrasonic flow check system for wellbores includes an ultrasonic transceiver installed within an inner surface of a bell nipple attached to a well head of a wellbore at a surface. The bell nipple receives wellbore fluid from a flow line attached to a side surface of the bell nipple. An alarm is installed on a rotary table installed above the bell nipple such that the bell nipple is between the rotary table and the well head. A ultrasonic signal is caused to be transmitted, by the ultrasonic transceiver, into the bell nipple. The ultrasonic signal is reflected by the wellbore fluid within the bell nipple resulting in an ultrasonic response signal. The ultrasonic response signal is caused to be received by the ultrasonic transceiver. Based on the ultrasonic response signal, it is determined whether the fluid level within the bell nipple is static or mobile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Hassan K. Al-Aswad, Omar M. Alhamid
  • Publication number: 20230250708
    Abstract: A bell nipple assembly is attached to an upper end of a blowout preventer stack and has a central passageway fluidically connected to a central bore of the blowout preventer stack. The bell nipple assembly includes upper and lower nipple annular preventers. Closure of the nipple annular preventers forms a closed volume within the central passageway between the upper and lower nipple annular preventers. A coolant injection system selectively injects coolant through a coolant conduit positioned within the closed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Publication number: 20230228169
    Abstract: A bell nipple assembly includes a tubular main body and a catcher assembly positioned above the tubular main body that includes an upper opening with a diameter greater than an inner diameter of the tubular main body and one or more inwardly sloping inner surfaces configured to catch fluids falling from the rig floor or from an exterior surface of the drill string and to direct the fluids to the tubular main body. The bell nipple assembly also includes one or more magnets configured to direct a magnetic field toward an interior of the catcher assembly and to attract a metallic object falling within the interior of the catcher assembly towards the inwardly sloping inner surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Patent number: 11697974
    Abstract: A wellbore assembly includes a cable and a wellbore tool. The wellbore tool is coupled to the downhole end of the cable. The wellbore tool includes a housing, one or more sensors, a packer, and a controller. The one or more sensors are coupled to the housing or to the cable or both. The sensors detect one or more parameters of the wellbore tool or the cable or both. The controller is coupled to the housing. The controller is electrically coupled to one or more sensors and is operationally coupled to the packer. The controller determines, with the wellbore tool parted from the cable and based on information received from the one or more sensors, an indication of the wellbore tool in free fall. The controller activates, based on the determination, the packer to expand the packer and set the wellbore tool on a wall of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Al-Mousa, Omar M. Alhamid, Mohammed Ahmed Alkhowaildi
  • Publication number: 20230184057
    Abstract: A method of cementing a casing in a wellbore includes lowering the casing in the wellbore. The casing includes multiple pipes each of progressively smaller diameters, and a transition point where a first pipe overlaps a second pipe. The method also includes flowing cement into the casing and deploying, by fluidic pressure, a wiper plug assembly in the casing upstream of the cement to push downhole the cement with the wiper plug assembly. The wiper plug assembly includes a hollow wiper plug and a solid wiper plug releasably coupled to the hollow wiper plug. The deploying includes applying fluidic pressure until the hollow wiper plug reaches and is retained at the transition point and the solid wiper plug is released from the hollow wiper plug to flow downhole in the casing to a downhole end of the casing and push the cement out of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa
  • Publication number: 20230167692
    Abstract: A system may include a control system disposed on a well surface, a casing disposed in a wellbore, a first electrical wiring coupled to the control system and the casing within a first section of the wellbore, and a second electrical wiring coupled to various flow control devices in a second section of the wellbore. The first section of the wellbore may be disposed at a first predetermined direction that is different than a second predetermined direction of the second section of the wellbore. The system may further include an electrical connector coupled to the first electrical wiring and the second electrical wiring. The electrical connector may include a mechanical receiver that couples with the first electrical wiring, and a stinger assembly coupled with the second electrical wiring and that connects to the mechanical receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ahmed Al-Mousa