Patents by Inventor Bader G. Harbi

Bader G. Harbi 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).

  • Publication number: 20230323194
    Abstract: A method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation may include generating a foamed fracturing fluid with foam quality of at least 20% and introducing the foamed fracturing fluid into the formation under a pressure greater than the fracturing pressure of the formation. The foamed fracturing fluid may comprise a zwitterionic surfactant, a nanoparticle, and a gas phase. The surfactant may have a structure that includes a quaternary ammonium cation and a carboxylate group. Another method of stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation may include introducing a foaming composition into the hydrocarbon-bearing formation under a pressure greater than the fracturing pressure of the formation and generating a foam with a quality of at least 20% by injecting a gas phase inside the formation. The foaming composition may include a surfactant, a nanoparticle, and a gas phase. The surfactant may have a quaternary ammonium cation and a carboxylate group in the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Prasad Baburao Karadkar, Bader G. Harbi, Mohammed Bataweel
  • Patent number: 11773316
    Abstract: A method for acidizing a subsurface formation using a treatment fluid includes injecting a treatment fluid including a strong acid, a buffer, a thermochemical component, a foaming agent and nanoparticles into the wellbore, thereby exposing the treatment fluid to subsurface formation conditions. The method further includes allowing a temperature of the wellbore to activate the thermochemical component, causing an exothermic reaction generating nitrogen gas, pressure, and heat, thereby forming fractures within the subsurface formation. The method further includes allowing the treatment fluid and nitrogen gas to mix within the subsurface formation, thereby forming a foamed acid within the fractures to acidize the subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ayman R. Al-Nakhli, Bader G. Harbi, Mohammed Ali Al-Yami
  • Patent number: 11718780
    Abstract: A composition includes a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant, a nonfluorinated surfactant, and a scale treatment. Additionally, a method for scale treatment is provided. The method includes injecting gas into the aforementioned composition to produce a foam and injecting the foam into a formation. In the formation, the foam may be exposed to a first temperature at which it has a first viscosity. The foam may be maintained inside the formation for a period of time, and then recovered from the formation, at which point it is exposed to a second temperature and has a second viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Prasad Baburao Karadkar, Bader G. Harbi
  • Publication number: 20230183552
    Abstract: A composition includes a nonionic fluorinated polymeric surfactant, a nonfluorinated surfactant, and a scale treatment. Additionally, a method for scale treatment is provided. The method includes injecting gas into the aforementioned composition to produce a foam and injecting the foam into a formation. In the formation, the foam may be exposed to a first temperature at which it has a first viscosity. The foam may be maintained inside the formation for a period of time, and then recovered from the formation, at which point it is exposed to a second temperature and has a second viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Prasad Baburao Karadkar, Bader G. Harbi