Patents by Inventor Hala Sadeg

Hala Sadeg 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).

  • Hydrogels for carbon sequestration and sealing zones in a wellbore
    Patent number: 12276180
    Abstract: A method is provided for sequestering carbon dioxide while treating a zone in a wellbore. The method includes obtaining a hydrogel, mixing the hydrogel with an aqueous amine solution to form an amine infused hydrogel (AIH), and exposing the AIH to a gas comprising carbon dioxide, wherein the amine and the AIH absorbs the carbon dioxide, forming a well treatment composition. The well treatment composition is pumped into a wellbore comprising a treatment zone, wherein the well treatment composition at least partially plugs the treatment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hala Sadeg, Amr Abdel-Fattah
  • HYDROGELS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND SEALING ZONES IN A WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20240384626
    Abstract: A method is provided for sequestering carbon dioxide while treating a zone in a wellbore. The method includes obtaining a hydrogel, mixing the hydrogel with an aqueous amine solution to form an amine infused hydrogel (AIH), and exposing the AIH to a gas comprising carbon dioxide, wherein the amine and the AIH absorbs the carbon dioxide, forming a well treatment composition. The well treatment composition is pumped into a wellbore comprising a treatment zone, wherein the well treatment composition at least partially plugs the treatment zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hala Sadeg, Amr Abdel-Fattah
  • Electro-responsive hydrogel for reservoir and downhole application
    Patent number: 12084530
    Abstract: Electro-responsive hydrogel particles are flowed into a first wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. An electric circuit is established between the first wellbore and a second wellbore formed in the subterranean formation. An electric current is applied through the electric circuit, thereby exposing the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to an electric field and causing at least one of swelling or aggregation of the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to form a flow-diverting plug within the subterranean formation. Water is flowed into the first wellbore to increase hydrocarbon production from the second wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Amr Abdel-Fattah, Hala Sadeg
  • ELECTRO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGEL FOR RESERVOIR AND DOWNHOLE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20230406979
    Abstract: Electro-responsive hydrogel particles are flowed into a first wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. An electric circuit is established between the first wellbore and a second wellbore formed in the subterranean formation. An electric current is applied through the electric circuit, thereby exposing the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to an electric field and causing at least one of swelling or aggregation of the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to form a flow-diverting plug within the subterranean formation. Water is flowed into the first wellbore to increase hydrocarbon production from the second wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Amr Abdel-Fattah, Hala Sadeg
  • Electro-responsive hydrogel for reservoir and downhole application
    Patent number: 11807700
    Abstract: Electro-responsive hydrogel particles are flowed into a first wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. An electric circuit is established between the first wellbore and a second wellbore formed in the subterranean formation. An electric current is applied through the electric circuit, thereby exposing the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to an electric field and causing at least one of swelling or aggregation of the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to form a flow-diverting plug within the subterranean formation. Water is flowed into the first wellbore to increase hydrocarbon production from the second wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Amr Abdel-Fattah, Hala Sadeg
  • ELECTRO-RESPONSIVE HYDROGEL FOR RESERVOIR AND DOWNHOLE APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20220049035
    Abstract: Electro-responsive hydrogel particles are flowed into a first wellbore formed in a subterranean formation. An electric circuit is established between the first wellbore and a second wellbore formed in the subterranean formation. An electric current is applied through the electric circuit, thereby exposing the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to an electric field and causing at least one of swelling or aggregation of the electro-responsive hydrogel particles to form a flow-diverting plug within the subterranean formation. Water is flowed into the first wellbore to increase hydrocarbon production from the second wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Amr Abdel-Fattah, Hala Sadeg