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).
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Patent number: 11952535Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
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Patent number: 11945996Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah
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Publication number: 20230374385Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Alade Olalekan Saheed, Mohamed Mahmoud, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
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Patent number: 11787993Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah, Saleh A. Haidary, Rami A. Sindi
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Publication number: 20230313023Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Mohamed Mahmoud, Zeeshan Tariq, Alade Olalekan Saheed, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal
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Publication number: 20230303909Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
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Publication number: 20230303907Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah, Saleh A. Haidary, Rami A. Sindi
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Patent number: 11732182Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
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Publication number: 20230212450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Wajdi Mohammed Buhaezah
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Patent number: 10494566Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
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Publication number: 20190093451Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Ahmad Noor Al-deen Hassan Rizq
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Publication number: 20180273829Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Ahmad Noor Al-deen Hassan Rizq
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Patent number: 10047277Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mohammed Nasser Al-Dahlan, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Harith
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Patent number: 10030492Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Hazim Hussein Abass, Mirajuddin Riazuddin Khan
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Patent number: 9995120Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abeer Mohammad Saleh Al-Olayan
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Patent number: 9939421Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sameeh Batarseh, Hazim Hussein Abass, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli
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Publication number: 20170349819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
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Patent number: 9803133Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja AL-Nakhli, Michael J. Black
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Patent number: 9738824Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Hazim Hussein Abass, Ali A. Al-Taq
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Publication number: 20170101577Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mohammed Nasser Al-Dahlan, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Harith