Patents by Inventor Faisal Mustafa ALshunaifi

Faisal Mustafa ALshunaifi 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).

  • High power laser-enablers for heating/fracturing stimulation tool and methods therefor
    Patent number: 11867058
    Abstract: Some embodiments may be directed to a drilling tool for drilling in a formation. This drilling tool may include an optical fiber having a laser input end and a laser output end and a laser source optically connected to the laser input end. Further, the drilling tool may include an activating agent conduit having an activating agent inlet and an activating agent outlet and an activating agent source connected to the activating agent inlet that supplies an activating agent. Finally, the drilling tool may include a drill head. In some embodiments, the drill head may include a nozzle connected to the activating agent outlet that discharges the activating agent on an area of the formation, and a laser head optically connected to the laser output end and arranged to lase at least a portion of the area of the formation having the activating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Faisal Mustafa ALshunaifi, Sameeh Issa Batarseh
  • HIGH POWER LASER-ENABLERS FOR HEATING/FRACTURING STIMULATION TOOL AND METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20220112772
    Abstract: Some embodiments may be directed to a drilling tool for drilling in a formation. This drilling tool may include an optical fiber having a laser input end and a laser output end and a laser source optically connected to the laser input end. Further, the drilling tool may include an activating agent conduit having an activating agent inlet and an activating agent outlet and an activating agent source connected to the activating agent inlet that supplies an activating agent. Finally, the drilling tool may include a drill head. In some embodiments, the drill head may include a nozzle connected to the activating agent outlet that discharges the activating agent on an area of the formation, and a laser head optically connected to the laser output end and arranged to lase at least a portion of the area of the formation having the activating agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Faisal Mustafa ALshunaifi, Sameeh Issa Batarseh