Patents by Inventor Mohamed Nabil
Mohamed Nabil 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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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: 11120627Abstract: A system, apparatus, device, or method to output different iterations of data entities. The method may include establishing a first data entity; establishing a first state for the first data entity. The method may include establishing a second state for the first data entity. The method may include storing the first data entity, the first state, and the second state at a storage device. The method may include retrieving a first iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the first state. The method may include retrieving a second iteration of the first data entity exhibiting at least a portion of the second state. The method may include outputting the first iteration and the second iteration at an output time.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Atheer, Inc.Inventors: Sina Fateh, Ron Butterworth, Mohamed Nabil Hajj Chehade, Allen Yang Yang, Sleiman Itani
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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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Publication number: 20210077578Abstract: To prompt input and provide feedback on input to a user with an interface, inputs and graphical cursors associated with those inputs are defined. Each input may have several forms such as base, hover, engaged, completed, and error. User input is anticipated. The base form of the anticipated input cursor is displayed to prompt the user for the anticipated input. If user hover is detected that matches anticipated input, the hover form is displayed to confirm the match to the user. If user input is detected that matches anticipated input, the engaged form is displayed as confirmation. If user input is completed that matches anticipated input, the completed form is displayed as confirmation. If user hover or input does not match anticipated input, the error form is displayed to indicate mismatch. Not all cursors must have all forms, and some cursors may have multiples of some forms.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Sleiman Itani, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Mohamed Nabil Hajj Chehade, Allen Yang Yang
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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: 20210064714Abstract: Systems and methods for systems and methods for generating the complete set of IC design layout clips, or any part of the complete set, satisfying usefulness criteria and of a prespecified size. A method includes generating an initial set of integrated circuit (IC) design layout clips as a current set of IC design layout clips. The method includes removing any of IC design layout clips from the current set of IC design layout clips that do not meet the one or more usefulness criteria. The method includes, while a size of the IC design layout clips is less than a desired clip size, generating a new set of IC design layout clips from the current set of IC design layout clips according to every combination of pairs of the design layout clips in the current set of IC design layout clips, and repeating the removing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Mohamed-Nabil Sabry, Kareem Madkour, Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Hammouda
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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
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Patent number: 10922468Abstract: Systems and methods for systems and methods for generating the complete set of IC design layout clips, or any part of the complete set, satisfying usefulness criteria and of a prespecified size. A method includes generating an initial set of integrated circuit (IC) design layout clips as a current set of IC design layout clips. The method includes removing any of IC design layout clips from the current set of IC design layout clips that do not meet the one or more usefulness criteria. The method includes, while a size of the IC design layout clips is less than a desired clip size, generating a new set of IC design layout clips from the current set of IC design layout clips according to every combination of pairs of the design layout clips in the current set of IC design layout clips, and repeating the removing process.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Mohamed-Nabil Sabry, Kareem Madkour, Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Hammouda
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Patent number: 10920554Abstract: 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: February 16, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Khalid Mohammed M Alruwaili, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
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Patent number: 10900353Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying a salinity gradient in a formation surrounding a bore of a subterranean well includes introducing an antenna assembly into the bore of the subterranean well. The antenna assembly has an elongated antenna body. An emitting antenna extends axially along an outer surface of the antenna body. A receiving antenna extends axially along the outer surface of the antenna body, the receiving antenna being spaced circumferentially apart from the emitting antenna. An electromagnetic interrogation wave is produced into the formation with the emitting antenna with a pulse duration of no greater than 0.01 seconds. A reflected wave is received with the receiving antenna. The amplitude of the reflected wave is analyzed to determine a distribution of chlorine ion concentration in the formation.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi, Ilies Mostefai