Patents by Inventor Ayman Raja AL-Nakhli

Ayman Raja AL-Nakhli 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: 11952535
    Abstract: A thermochemical soap stick, system, and method for unloading liquid from a well, the thermochemical soap stick having thermochemical reagents and to be provided into a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the thermochemical soap stick to dissolve in the liquid giving a thermochemical reaction to generate gas to foam the liquid, and displacing the liquid from the wellbore via pressure of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
  • Patent number: 11945996
    Abstract: A system and method for water shutoff, including providing a treatment fluid including a polymer and a nitrogen-generating compound through a wellbore into a water zone in a subterranean formation, generating nitrogen gas in the water zone by a reaction of the nitrogen-generating compound, generating foam from the nitrogen gas and the treatment fluid in the water zone to give foamed polymer in the water zone, and sealing the water zone with the foamed polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah
  • Publication number: 20230374385
    Abstract: Compositions containing a first reactant; an emulsion comprising a surfactant and silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanoparticles; and a carrier fluid containing a second reactant and methods of making. When the first and second reactants react, they generate heat. At a first time, the emulsion surrounds the first reactant, and the carrier fluid with the second reactant surrounds the emulsion. At a second time, the emulsion surrounds a first portion of the first reactant; and a second portion of the first reactant surrounds the emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Alade Olalekan Saheed, Mohamed Mahmoud, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
  • Patent number: 11787993
    Abstract: A system and method for treating lost circulation, including providing a treatment fluid including a polymer and a nitrogen-generating compound through a wellbore into a lost circulation zone in a subterranean formation, generating nitrogen gas in the lost circulation zone by a reaction of the nitrogen-generating compound, generating foam from the nitrogen gas and the treatment fluid in the lost circulation zone to give foamed polymer in the lost circulation zone, and plugging the lost circulation zone with the foamed polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah, Saleh A. Haidary, Rami A. Sindi
  • Publication number: 20230313023
    Abstract: A method, system, and drilling fluid for treating a wellbore for filter cake removal, including providing the drilling fluid having thermochemical reagents that are encapsulated and acid-generating material that is encapsulated into a wellbore in a subterranean formation to attack filter cake in the wellbore, and attacking the filter cake via the drilling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Mohamed Mahmoud, Zeeshan Tariq, Alade Olalekan Saheed, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal
  • Publication number: 20230303909
    Abstract: A thermochemical soap stick, system, and method for unloading liquid from a well, the thermochemical soap stick having thermochemical reagents and to be provided into a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the thermochemical soap stick to dissolve in the liquid giving a thermochemical reaction to generate gas to foam the liquid, and displacing the liquid from the wellbore via pressure of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
  • Publication number: 20230303907
    Abstract: A system and method for treating lost circulation, including providing a treatment fluid including a polymer and a nitrogen-generating compound through a wellbore into a lost circulation zone in a subterranean formation, generating nitrogen gas in the lost circulation zone by a reaction of the nitrogen-generating compound, generating foam from the nitrogen gas and the treatment fluid in the lost circulation zone to give foamed polymer in the lost circulation zone, and plugging the lost circulation zone with the foamed polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah, Saleh A. Haidary, Rami A. Sindi
  • Patent number: 11732182
    Abstract: A thermochemical soap stick, system, and method for unloading liquid from a well, the thermochemical soap stick having thermochemical reagents and to be provided into a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the thermochemical soap stick to dissolve in the liquid giving a thermochemical reaction to generate gas to foam the liquid, and displacing the liquid from the wellbore via pressure of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
  • Publication number: 20230212450
    Abstract: A system and method for water shutoff, including providing a treatment fluid including a polymer and a nitrogen-generating compound through a wellbore into a water zone in a subterranean formation, generating nitrogen gas in the water zone by a reaction of the nitrogen-generating compound, generating foam from the nitrogen gas and the treatment fluid in the water zone to give foamed polymer in the water zone, and sealing the water zone with the foamed polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah
  • Patent number: 10494566
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and composition for stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing, heavy oil containing formation, a deep oil reservoir, or a tight oil reservoir, whereby exothermic reactants are utilized to generate in-situ steam and nitrogen gas downhole in the formation or the reservoir as an enhanced oil recovery process. An oil well stimulation method is provided, which includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an aqueous composition including an ammonium containing compound and a nitrite containing compound. The method further includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an activator. The activator initiates a reaction between the ammonium containing compound and the nitrite containing compound, such that the reaction generates steam and nitrogen gas, increasing localized pressure and improving oil mobility, in the one of the formation and the reservoir, thereby enhancing oil recovery from the one of the formation and the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
  • Publication number: 20190093451
    Abstract: Reducing water permeability in a subterranean formation includes decreasing a viscosity of a petroleum product including at least one of asphaltenes and tar to yield a treatment material, providing the treatment material to an oil-producing well in a subterranean formation, solidifying the treatment material in the subterranean formation, and initiating production from the oil-producing well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Ahmad Noor Al-deen Hassan Rizq
  • Publication number: 20180273829
    Abstract: Consolidating sand in a subterranean formation includes decreasing a viscosity of a petroleum product to yield a consolidating material, providing the consolidating material to the subterranean formation, and consolidating sand in the subterranean formation with the consolidating material to yield a consolidated region in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Ahmad Noor Al-deen Hassan Rizq
  • Patent number: 10047277
    Abstract: Provided is a method and composition for the in-situ generation of synthetic sweet spots in tight-gas formations. The composition can include nitrogen generating compounds, which upon activation, react to generate heat and nitrogen gas. The method of using the composition includes injecting the composition into a tight-gas formation such that upon activation, the heat and nitrogen gas generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohammed Nasser Al-Dahlan, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Harith
  • Patent number: 10030492
    Abstract: Techniques for well testing include providing an amount of a chemical material to a location in a wellbore; reacting the chemical material to generate an exothermic chemical reaction at the location in the wellbore; and fracturing the formation by the exothermic chemical reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Hazim Hussein Abass, Mirajuddin Riazuddin Khan
  • Patent number: 9995120
    Abstract: Implementations provide flowing of fracturing fluids to subterranean zones. Actions can include In some examples, a method includes actions of flowing a mixture of a first quantity of acid and a second quantity of a polymer diverting agent (PDA) having a viscosity that changes with acid concentration to a first portion of a subterranean zone, wherein the first quantity decreases as the acid reacts with metal in the first portion, and wherein the viscosity of the PDA increases as the first quantity decreases to form a PDA gel and flowing a third quantity of acid through the subterranean zone, wherein the PDA gel diverts the acid from the first portion to a second portion of the subterranean zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abeer Mohammad Saleh Al-Olayan
  • Patent number: 9939421
    Abstract: Example methods and systems are described for evaluating an effectiveness of ceramic particles to recover heavy oil from a subterranean region. In some aspects, a heavy oil recovery evaluation system includes a vessel containing a mixture of heavy oil and sand, the vessel including a chamber to receive a plurality of ceramic particles and water, a probe connected to the vessel to transfer energy from an energy source for energizing the plurality of ceramic particles, wherein the energized ceramic particles convert the water into steam to recover the heavy oil from the mixture, and a computer system connected to the vessel to evaluate an effectiveness of the plurality of ceramic particles to recover heavy oil from the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sameeh Batarseh, Hazim Hussein Abass, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
  • Publication number: 20170349819
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and composition for stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing, heavy oil containing formation, a deep oil reservoir, or a tight oil reservoir, whereby exothermic reactants are utilized to generate in-situ steam and nitrogen gas downhole in the formation or the reservoir as an enhanced oil recovery process. An oil well stimulation method is provided, which includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an aqueous composition including an ammonium containing compound and a nitrite containing compound. The method further includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an activator. The activator initiates a reaction between the ammonium containing compound and the nitrite containing compound, such that the reaction generates steam and nitrogen gas, increasing localized pressure and improving oil mobility, in the one of the formation and the reservoir, thereby enhancing oil recovery from the one of the formation and the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
  • Patent number: 9803133
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods and composition for stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing, heavy oil containing formation, a deep oil reservoir, or a tight oil reservoir, whereby exothermic reactants are utilized to generate in-situ steam and nitrogen gas downhole in the formation or the reservoir as an enhanced oil recovery process. An oil well stimulation method is provided, which includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an aqueous composition including an ammonium containing compound and a nitrite containing compound. The method further includes injecting, into the one of the formation and the reservoir, an activator. The activator initiates a reaction between the ammonium containing compound and the nitrite containing compound, such that the reaction generates steam and nitrogen gas, increasing localized pressure and improving oil mobility, in the one of the formation and the reservoir, thereby enhancing oil recovery from the one of the formation and the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja AL-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
  • Patent number: 9738824
    Abstract: Provided is a method and composition for the in-situ generation of synthetic sweet spots in tight-gas formations. The composition can include nitrogen generating compounds, which upon activation, react to generate heat and nitrogen gas. The method of using the composition includes injecting the composition into a tight-gas formation such that upon activation, heat and nitrogen gas are generated. Upon the generation of nitrogen gas and heat within the formation, microfractures are produced within the formation and the hydrostatic pressure within the reservoir is reduced to less than the reservoir fluid pressure, such that the rate of production of hydrocarbons from the formation is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Hazim Hussein Abass, Ali A. Al-Taq
  • Publication number: 20170101577
    Abstract: Provided is a method and composition for the in-situ generation of synthetic sweet spots in tight-gas formations. The composition can include nitrogen generating compounds, which upon activation, react to generate heat and nitrogen gas. The method of using the composition includes injecting the composition into a tight-gas formation such that upon activation, the heat and nitrogen gas generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohammed Nasser Al-Dahlan, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Harith