Patents by Inventor Khalid A. Al-Harbi

Khalid A. Al-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).

  • Forming drilling fluid from produced water
    Patent number: 11655409
    Abstract: A system and method for generating water concentrated in calcium bromide from produced water, to provide for drilling fluid having the calcium bromide. The technique includes flowing the produced water through a bed of ion-exchange resin to sorb bromide ions from the produced water onto the ion-exchange resin, and then regenerating the ion-exchange resin to desorb the bromide ions for combination with calcium ions to acquire an aqueous solution with calcium and bromide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi, Young Chul Choi, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Khalid A. Al-Harbi
  • FORMING DRILLING FLUID FROM PRODUCED WATER
    Publication number: 20220089931
    Abstract: A system and method for generating water concentrated in calcium bromide from produced water, to provide for drilling fluid having the calcium bromide. The technique includes flowing the produced water through a bed of ion-exchange resin to sorb bromide ions from the produced water onto the ion-exchange resin, and then regenerating the ion-exchange resin to desorb the bromide ions for combination with calcium ions to acquire an aqueous solution with calcium and bromide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi, Young Chul Choi, Regis Didier Alain Vilagines, Khalid A. Al-Harbi