Patents by Inventor Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi 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: 11326401Abstract: A tool for forming a cavern for hydrocarbon production includes a housing having a cavity. A rotary actuator is disposed in the cavity. A fluid dispenser has an internal chamber to receive an aqueous solution and one or more nozzles to dispense the aqueous solution. The fluid dispenser is coupled to the rotary actuator and is rotatable about a tool axis by the rotary actuator. One or more proximity sensors are disposed at a perimeter of the housing to measure a distance relative to the tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Khalid M. Ruwaili
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Publication number: 20220135868Abstract: Systems for generating stable emulsions may employ one or more liquid-liquid ejectors for mixing the oil with water through motive and suction streams to produce the emulsion as a discharge stream. One or more motive tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more motive tanks may supply the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors with a motive fluid. One or more suction tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more suction tanks may supply the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors with a suction fluid. One or more discharge tanks may be fluidly coupled to the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors; the one or more discharge tanks may collect an emulsion from the one or more liquid-liquid ejectors. Additionally, a flow line coupled to the one or more discharge tanks may feed the emulsions into a formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALSInventors: Abdelsalam Mohammad Al-Sarkhi, Omer Abdelazim Salim, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Ahmad Rizq
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Publication number: 20220065672Abstract: Techniques for measuring liquid properties include circulating a mixed oil-water liquid flow through a fluid flow circuit; polarizing the mixed oil-water liquid flow with a pre-polarizing magnet to an initial polarization; circulating the polarized mixed oil-water liquid flow to an EFNMR detector that includes a radio-frequency (RF) coil and a surrounding electromagnet; further polarizing the polarized mixed oil-water liquid flow with the surrounding electromagnet; measuring fluid induction decay (FID) values of the additionally polarized mixed oil-water liquid flow with the EFNMR detector; transforming the measured FID values to an effective adiabatic transition from the Earth's field to the polarizing field; determining a velocity of the oil in the mixed oil-water liquid flow and a velocity of the water in the mixed oil-water liquid flow based on differences in NMR signal relaxation properties of the transformed FID values; and determining an oil content and a water content of the mixed oil-water liquid floType: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Keelan Thomas O'Neill, Michael Leslie Johns, Einar Orn Fridjonsson, Paul Louis Stanwix, Jana M. Al-Jindan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20220065673Abstract: Techniques for measuring fluid properties include circulating a mixed-phase fluid flow through a fluid flow circuit; circulating the mixed-phase fluid flow through a pre-polarizing magnet; polarizing at least a gas phase of the mixed-phase fluid flow to an initial polarization; measuring fluid induction decay (FID) values of the polarized gas phase with the EFNMR detector; determining a velocity of the gas phase based on the FID values of the polarized gas phase; producing a pulsed magnetic field gradient to suppress one or more signals acquired by the EFNMR detector with a first electromagnet; measuring FID values of the liquid phase of the mixed-phase fluid with the EFNMR detector simultaneously with the production of the pulsed magnetic field gradient; producing a homogeneous polarizing field to polarize the liquid phase of the mixed-phase fluid with a second electromagnet; and determining a velocity and content of the liquid phase based on the FID values of the polarized liquid phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Keelan Thomas O'Neill, Michael Leslie Johns, Einar Orn Fridjonsson, Paul Louis Stanwix, Jana M. Al-Jindan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20220049598Abstract: An apparatus for measuring environmental parameters along a drill string includes a protector disposed radially around the drill string, and a sensor system with an optical fiber configured to collect data on environmentalditions within a wellbore through which the drill string is being inserted. Protector is made of a composite material having the sensor system and the optical fiber embedded within. Collected data may be extracted from the sensor system. A method of collecting data on environmental conditions within a wellbore includes disposing a sensor system onto a matrix substrate of a protector; coating the sensor system and matrix substrate with a composite material; curing the composite material so as to embed the sensor system within the protector; forming a protector around a drill string; using the sensor system to collect data from within the wellbore upon insertion of the drill string and protector; and retrieving the collected data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Wael Badeghaish, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20220034187Abstract: A method includes wrapping a packer bag around a deployment tool, providing at least one canister in fluid communication with the packer bag, sending the packer bag around the downhole tool to a downhole location in a well, and injecting a polymer filler material from the at least one canister into the packer bag until the packer bag expands to seal the downhole location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Jinjiang Xiao, Wael O. Badeghaish
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Publication number: 20220003582Abstract: A vortex flow meter is within a flow conduit. The vortex flow meter includes a housing defining a flow passage substantially in-line with the flow conduit. An actuable buff body is within the flow passage. A sensor is downstream of the actuable buff body and is attached to the housing. The sensor is configured to detect vortex shedding. A controller is configured to send a drive signal to an oscillator to oscillate the buff body. The controller is configured to receive a vortex stream from the sensor. The vortex stream is indicative of vortexes shed by the buff body within a fluid. The controller is configured to determine a flow velocity responsive to the received vortex stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Jana M. Al-Jindan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 11187044Abstract: A method includes spraying acid onto an inner wall of a wellbore formed in a subterranean zone with entrapped hydrocarbons that flow into the subterranean zone. Spraying the acid forms a subterranean cavern within a portion of the wellbore, the subterranean cavern being wider than the wellbore. The entrapped hydrocarbons flow into the subterranean cavern. The entrapped hydrocarbons include liquid hydrocarbons and water. The liquid hydrocarbons and the water separate under gravity within the subterranean cavern. The method also includes drawing the liquid hydrocarbons from the subterranean cavern to a surface of the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Khalid M. Al-Ruwaili
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Patent number: 11187066Abstract: A vacuum chamber is evacuated by a vacuum pump. The vacuum chamber is positioned within a wellbore. A wellbore is fluidically exposed to an interior of the vacuum chamber after the vacuum chamber has been evacuated. At least a portion of condensate within the wellbore is flashed responsive to fluidically exposing a wellbore to an interior of the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Jana Mohammed Aljindan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20210293092Abstract: A tool for forming a cavern for hydrocarbon production includes a housing having a cavity. A rotary actuator is disposed in the cavity. A fluid dispenser has an internal chamber to receive an aqueous solution and one or more nozzles to dispense the aqueous solution. The fluid dispenser is coupled to the rotary actuator and is rotatable about a tool axis by the rotary actuator. One or more proximity sensors are disposed at a perimeter of the housing to measure a distance relative to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Khalid M. Ruwaili
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Publication number: 20210285306Abstract: An example system includes a moveable platform having an uphole end and a downhole end. The platform includes a drive arrangement for moving the platform in one or more directions along an interior wall of a casing string in a wellbore. The platform includes scraping arrangement for removing debris from the interior wall of the casing string. The platform includes a debris catching arrangement downhole of the scraping arrangement for collecting some or all of the debris removed. The platform may include a coating arrangement to deliver and apply a substance to at least a part of the wall of the casing string. The coating arrangement may include a reservoir holding one or more liquid substances and a valve to regulate flow of the one or more liquid substances. The liquid substance may include epoxy resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al Mulhem, Wael O. Badeghaish, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 11078770Abstract: A cylindrical drum with a fluid inlet is configured to be connected to a downhole end of a fluid conduit. The cylindrical drum has an outer surface along which is the fluid inlet. The cylindrical drum has a center and an inner surface. Fluid nozzles fluidically connect to an interior of the cylindrical drum and are positioned around the outer circumference of the cylindrical drum. The fluid nozzles are positioned to direct fluid away from the cylindrical drum. A rotatable collar is positioned in the center of the cylindrical drum. The rotatable collar has an outer surface parallel to the inner surface of the cylindrical drum. Sleeve plates are positioned between the inner surface of the cylindrical drum and the outer surface of the rotatable collar. Each of the sleeve plates defines a hole with a diameter smaller than a diameter of a corresponding dropped ball.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 11035212Abstract: A first fracturing fluid is pumped through a first wellbore at a first pressure. The first wellbore includes a first vertical section and horizontal section having a first end, intersecting from the first vertical section, and a distal end. A second fracturing fluid is pumped through a second wellbore at a second pressure simultaneously while the first fracturing fluid is pumped through the first wellbore. The second wellbore includes a second vertical section that intersects with the distal end of the horizontal section. The first pressure and the second pressure result in the first fracturing fluid and the second fracturing fluid intersecting at a fracture point within the horizontal section at a third pressure. The first fracturing fluid and the second fracturing fluid each experience a respective pressure drop traveling through their respective wellbores to the fracture point/. The respective pressure drops result in the third pressure.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20210172256Abstract: A method includes spraying acid onto an inner wall of a wellbore formed in a subterranean zone with entrapped hydrocarbons that flow into the subterranean zone. Spraying the acid forms a subterranean cavern within a portion of the wellbore, the subterranean cavern being wider than the wellbore. The entrapped hydrocarbons flow into the subterranean cavern. The entrapped hydrocarbons include liquid hydrocarbons and water. The liquid hydrocarbons and the water separate under gravity within the subterranean cavern. The method also includes drawing the liquid hydrocarbons from the subterranean cavern to a surface of the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Khalid M. Al-Ruwaili
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Patent number: 10968704Abstract: Systems and methods for penetrating a subterranean formation with a downhole laser assembly include a laser generation unit located within a subterranean well. The downhole laser assembly further includes a vortex tube. The vortex tube has a compressed air supply port, a hot air outlet oriented to direct a hot air stream in a direction away from the laser generation unit, and a cold air outlet oriented to direct a cold air stream over the laser generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sameeh Issa Batarseh, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20210095544Abstract: A vacuum chamber is evacuated by a vacuum pump. The vacuum chamber is positioned within a wellbore. A wellbore is fluidically exposed to an interior of the vacuum chamber after the vacuum chamber has been evacuated. At least a portion of condensate within the wellbore is flashed responsive to fluidically exposing a wellbore to an interior of the vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Jana Mohammed Aljindan, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 10962393Abstract: An ultrasonic transceiver array provides for measurement and determination of flow rate of oil, water and gas in a multiphase flow in a pipe or conduit. The transceiver array is mounted externally and non-invasively in an elliptical arrangement on the pipe surface, resulting in an ellipsoid section of the flow cross-sectional area to be interrogated. The single ultrasonic transceiver array forms a tomographic image of multiphase flow to determine volume fraction of each phase; measure the total flow velocity to determine flow rate of individual phases and thus provide a three phase measurement capability. Both phase fractions and flow velocities can be determined at the same time, eliminating the need for two different systems to achieve that purpose.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Talha Jamal Ahmad, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 10947794Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for centralizing a coiled tubing in a wellbore. The method includes the step of supplying a roller set to a roller set assembly system located at a surface. The roller set includes a first half and a second half. The roller set assembly system includes a first guide cable and a second guide cable. The method includes the step of installing the first half to the first guide cable and the second half to the second guide cable. The method includes the step of securing the first half and the second half to the coiled tubing such that the roller set is fixed to the coiled tubing. The method includes the step of injecting the coiled tubing into the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Inventor: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Publication number: 20210054721Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for in-situ heating fluids with electromagnetic radiation are provided. An example tool includes a housing operable to receive a fluid flowed through a flow line and a heater positioned within the housing. The heater includes a number of tubular members configured to receive portions of the fluid and an electromagnetic heating assembly positioned around the tubular members and configured to generate electromagnetic radiation transmitted to heat the tubular members. The heated tubular members can heat the portions of the fluid to break emulsion in the fluid. Upstream the heater, the tool can include a homogenizer operable to mix the fluid to obtain a homogenous fluid and a stabilizer operable to stabilize the fluid to obtain a linear flow. Downstream the heater, the tool can include a separator operable to separate lighter components from heavier components in the fluid after the emulsion breakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Sameeh Issa Batarseh, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 10927673Abstract: A flow meter includes a cylindrical tubing configured to be positioned in a wellbore, the cylindrical tubing including a flow mixer configured to produce a turbulent fluid flow of a multiphase fluid in the wellbore. The flow meter includes a tuning fork disposed in the cylindrical tubing separate from the flow mixer, the tuning fork configured to contact the turbulent fluid flow of the multiphase fluid and vibrate at a vibration frequency in response to contact with the turbulent fluid flow, and a controller to determine a fluid density measurement of the multiphase fluid based at least in part on the vibration frequency of the tuning fork.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Brett W. Bouldin, Robert John Turner, Frode Hveding, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi