Patents by Inventor Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj

Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj 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).

  • Patent number: 11459882
    Abstract: Systems, processes, and computer-readable media for determining lithology porosity of a formation rock from surface drilling parameters using a lithology porosity machine learning model without the use of wireline logging. Lithology porosity at different depths in existing may be determined from the wireline logs. The lithology porosity may be shaly sand, tight sand, porous gas, or porous wet. The lithology porosity machine-learning model may be trained and calibrated using the data from a structured data set having surface drilling parameters from the existing wells and lithology porosity classifications from the wells. The lithology porosity machine learning model may then be used to determine a lithology porosity classification for a new well without the use of wireline logging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hamad Kharaa, Raed Alouhali, Arturo Magana-Mora, Mohammed Al-Duhailan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj
  • Patent number: 11441061
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and one or more additives. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lubricant blend including at least oleic acid and palmitoleic acid. The sum of the volume percent of the oleic acid and palmitoleic acid may be from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % of the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil in an amount of from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. At least 90% of the lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil may have a melting point less than or equal to 15° C. Methods for drilling subterranean wells with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md Amanullah, Raed Alouhali, Sara Alkhalaf, Ali Radhwan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim
  • Patent number: 11286412
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and one or more additives. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lubricant blend including at least oleic acid and palmitoleic acid. The sum of the volume percent of the oleic acid and palmitoleic acid may be from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % of the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil in an amount of from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. At least 90% of the lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil may have a melting point less than or equal to 15° C. Methods for drilling subterranean wells with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md Amanullah, Raed Alouhali, Sara Alkhalaf, Ali Radhwan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim
  • Patent number: 11230657
    Abstract: A water-based wellbore fluid may include an aqueous base fluid and a modified graphene shale inhibitor that comprises one or more substituents that are covalently bonded to graphene via a linking group. One of the one or more substituents may be a hydrocarbon group that has a number of carbon atoms in the range from 8 to 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Azeem A. Rana
  • Publication number: 20210293139
    Abstract: Systems, processes, and computer-readable media for determining lithology porosity of a formation rock from surface drilling parameters without the use of wireline logging. Lithology porosity at different depths in existing may be determined from the wireline logs. The lithology porosity may be shaly sand, tight sand, porous gas, or porous wet. A lithology porosity machine-learning model may be trained and calibrating using the data from a structured data set having surface drilling parameters from the existing wells and lithology porosity classifications from the wells. The lithology porosity machine learning model may then be used to determine a lithology porosity classification for a new well without the use of wireline logging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hamad Kharaa, Raed Alouhali, Arturo Magana-Mora, Mohammed Al-Duhailan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj
  • Publication number: 20210269698
    Abstract: A water-based wellbore fluid may include an aqueous base fluid and a modified graphene shale inhibitor that comprises one or more substituents that are covalently bonded to graphene via a linking group. One of the one or more substituents may be a hydrocarbon group that has a number of carbon atoms in the range from 8 to 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING FAHAD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS
    Inventors: Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Azeem A. Rana
  • Publication number: 20210179914
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and one or more additives. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lubricant blend including at least oleic acid and palmitoleic acid. The sum of the volume percent of the oleic acid and palmitoleic acid may be from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % of the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil in an amount of from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. At least 90% of the lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil may have a melting point less than or equal to 15° C. Methods for drilling subterranean wells with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md Amanullah, Raed Alouhali, Sara Alkhalaf, Ali Radhwan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim
  • Publication number: 20210130674
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, water-based drilling fluids may include an aqueous base fluid and one or more additives. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lubricant blend including at least oleic acid and palmitoleic acid. The sum of the volume percent of the oleic acid and palmitoleic acid may be from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % of the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. In embodiments, water-based drilling fluids may include a lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil in an amount of from 0.1 vol. % to 10 vol. % relative to the total volume of the water-based drilling fluid. At least 90% of the lesser melting point fraction of jojoba oil may have a melting point less than or equal to 15° C. Methods for drilling subterranean wells with the water-based drilling fluids are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Md Amanullah, Raed Alouhali, Sara Alkhalaf, Ali Radhwan, Mohammed Khalid Al-Arfaj, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim