Patents by Inventor Muhammad Imran
Muhammad Imran 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: 20240141782Abstract: A sample while logging tool for downhole fluid sampling and production logging may include a sample collector sub and a sensor sub. The sample collector sub may include a body defining a bore extending from a first end to a second end. One or more sample chambers may be housed in the bore. The sample chamber may collect a fluid sample. At least one probe may be coupled to the sample chamber to measure fluid properties of the collected fluid sample within the sample chamber and transmit the fluid properties. A piston may be coupled to the first end having a gate distal to the first end. The piston may be actuated to open and close an opening of the sample chamber. Additionally, the sensor sub may measure and transmit data on fluids within a well to form production logging data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Muhammad Imran Javed, Sanjiv Kumar, Mohammed N. Almannai
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Patent number: 11952292Abstract: A method of processing off gas from a chemical plant, where the off gas includes carbon dioxide and water. The processing of the off gas involves separating the off gas into a gas phase and a liquid phase and using one or more ion-exchange resin bed(s) and one or more granular activated carbon bed(s) to separate unwanted organic materials from the liquid phase. Based on this separation, water can be recovered that has less than 10 wt. % of the unwanted organic compounds originally in the liquid phase of the off gas.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Muhammad Imran, Sreejit Nair, Deepak Sharma
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Publication number: 20240084696Abstract: A wireline operation method is disclosed. The method includes disposing an outer diameter (OD) meter ring on a wireline, the OD meter ring having spring-loaded sensors, releasing, from a spooling drum into the wellbore, the wireline via a wireline passage having a tight spot, a released portion of the wireline progressively passing through an opening of the OD meter ring, generating, using the spring-loaded sensors, a real time OD measurement of a current location of the wireline passing through the opening of the OD meter ring at the time of measurement, generating, in response to the real time OD measurement of a particular location of the wireline exceeding a pre-determined threshold, a fail-safe signal, and stopping, in response to the fail-safe signal, the spooling drum from continuing to release the wireline before the particular location of the wireline reaches the tight spot of the wireline passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Muhammad Imran Javed, Ayedh M. Shehri, Sanjiv Kumar
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Patent number: 11873693Abstract: A cylindrical main body is configured to be inserted into a well tree. A laser emitter is attached to the main body. The laser emitter is arranged to emit a laser beam configured to cut through a metal valve within a well tree. The laser emitter is arranged to emit the laser beam towards the metal valve. A magnet is on a distal end of the body. The magnet is arranged to magnetically capture a sliced portion of the metal valve cut by the laser beam.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Javed, Sanjiv Kumar
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Patent number: 11866666Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, a method of reducing corrosion during petroleum transportation, petroleum storage, or both, may comprise inputting a corrosion inhibitor formulation into a petroleum pipeline, a petroleum storage tank, or both, wherein the corrosion inhibitor formulation consists essentially of solvent and a pyridinium hydroxyl alkyl ether compound.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muthukumar Nagu, Muhammad Imran Ul-Haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Talal Y. Zahrani
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Publication number: 20240002321Abstract: Systems and methods for producing an alkyl tert-butyl ether are disclosed. The methods include providing heat to a reboiler of a distillation column of an alkyl tert-butyl ether production unit from a flue gas emanating from a unit carrying out a catalyst regeneration process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Mohammed Bismillah ANSARI, Vijay Dinkar BODAS, Muhammad Imran YAQUB
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Patent number: 11850918Abstract: A system for water collection and redistribution in a vehicle is provided. The system includes a storage tank for receiving water condensate from an air conditioner (AC) of the vehicle and store the water condensate. A wiper tank is positioned above the storage tank for receiving the water condensate from the storage tank. Further, a cooling coil is positioned adjacent to a radiator of the vehicle. A slanted pipe having an upper end in fluid communication with the wiper tank and a lower end in fluid communication with the cooling coil. The wiper tank discharges excess water condensate by gravity to the cooling coil via the slanted pipe to cool the radiator, when the water condensate reaches a certain level in the wiper tank.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd UniversityInventors: Muhammad Asad, Muhammad Azhar Ali Khan, Mushtaq Khan, Hisham Muhammad Imran, Abdulrahman Alghamdi, Yousef Almulla, Sultan Abumustafa, Zuhair Kanwal
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Publication number: 20230407722Abstract: A cylindrical main body is configured to be inserted into a well tree. A laser emitter is attached to the main body. The laser emitter is arranged to emit a laser beam configured to cut through a metal valve within a well tree. The laser emitter is arranged to emit the laser beam towards the metal valve. A magnet is on a distal end of the body. The magnet is arranged to magnetically capture a sliced portion of the metal valve cut by the laser beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Muhammad Imran Javed, Sanjiv Kumar
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Publication number: 20230383201Abstract: Compounds for inhibiting corrosion are provided that include a pyridinium substituent and a hydroxy substituent. Also provided are methods of making the compounds. Also provided are corrosion inhibitor formulations including the compounds. Also provided are processes for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic surface using the corrosion inhibitor formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki M. Al Abeedi, Abdullah Al-Malki, Faisal M. Al-Mutahhar
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Publication number: 20230365814Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise a substrate comprising a first surface and a corrosion-resistant film positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate. A method of producing a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise contacting at least a portion of a first surface of a substrate with a corrosion inhibitor solution and drying the corrosion inhibitor solution to produce the corrosion-resistant film on the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the solvent may be expelled from the corrosion inhibitor solution during the drying to form the corrosion-resistant film, such that the corrosion-resistant film is solid. The corrosion inhibitor solution and the corrosion-resistant film may comprise a pyridinium hydroxyl alkyl ether compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Qasim Saleem, Turki M. AI-Abeedi
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Publication number: 20230365815Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise a substrate comprising a first surface and a corrosion-resistant film positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate. A method of producing a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise contacting at least a portion of a first surface of a substrate with a corrosion inhibitor solution and drying the corrosion inhibitor solution to produce the corrosion-resistant film on the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the solvent may be expelled from the corrosion inhibitor solution during the drying to form the corrosion-resistant film, such that the corrosion-resistant film is solid. The corrosion inhibitor solution and the corrosion-resistant film may comprise a bis-quaternized ammonium compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki M. Al Abeedi, Abdullah Al-Malki
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Publication number: 20230368524Abstract: Remote sensing and social sensing for flood mapping is provided by identifying where floodwater is present in an image of a location affected by a flooding event; identifying a social media post posted on a social media platform from the location and associated with the flooding event; and overlaying the image with the social media post. In some embodiments, the remote and social sensing includes one or more of: generating a permanent water mask identifying where permanent water is located at the location, and applying the permanent water mask to the image to differentiate the floodwater from permanent water for the location; identifying where the social media post was posted from; and overlaying the image with the social media post includes positioning a photograph included in the social media post for display with the image where a subject of the photograph is located at the location.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Muhammad Imran, Rizwan Sadiq, Zainab Akhtar
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Patent number: 11808094Abstract: A system includes a flexi-string having a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and an outer diameter. The outer diameter defines an outer circumferential surface, and the outer diameter is smaller than an inner diameter of a casing shoe. The system further includes an anchor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the first lateral end, where the anchor interacts with the casing shoe, or a last joint of casing, to hold the first lateral end of the flexi-string within the casing shoe. The system also has centralizers located between the first lateral end and the second lateral end of the flexi-string. The centralizers are configured to center the flexi-string within the casing shoe and the washout section. Finally, the system includes a roller guide for lowering the flexi-string inside the casing shoe and to a depth below the washout section of the well.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Muhammad Imran Javed
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Publication number: 20230348658Abstract: Gas hydrate inhibiting compositions include random polymers prepared from polyacrylates. The random polymers include at least one acrylate ester monomer in combination with at least one amine functional monomer. Methods for synthesizing the gas hydrate inhibiting polymers include polymerization of an acrylate then post-modifying a polyacrylate with an amine from at least one amine compound. Methods for inhibiting formation of clathrate hydrates in a natural gas pipeline include adding the gas hydrate inhibiting polymers to a natural gas pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Abdullah Al-Malki, Hassan Ali Al-Ajwad, Taras Y. Makogon
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Publication number: 20230340343Abstract: Compounds for inhibiting corrosion are provided that include a pyridinium substituent and a hydroxy substituent. Also provided are methods of making the compounds. Also provided are corrosion inhibitor formulations including the compounds. Also provided are processes for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic surface using the corrosion inhibitor formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Muhammad Imran Ul-haq, Nayef M. Alanazi, Turki M. Al Abeedi, Abdullah Al-Malki, Faisal M. Al-Mutahhar
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Publication number: 20230264380Abstract: A system includes a rod, a nozzle, a camera, and a pressure control system. The rod has a conduit extending along a rod axis. The rod is disposed adjacent to the barrier within the orifice. The nozzle is connected to the rod and is in hydraulic communication with the conduit and the orifice. The camera is also connected to the rod. The nozzle and the camera are configured to protrude from the rod and rotate about the rod axis. The pressure control system is connected to the tubular body and is disposed around the rod. The nozzle is configured to cut away the portion of the barrier upon pumping of a cutting fluid through a conduit of the rod and out of the nozzle towards the barrier. The portion of the barrier is removable from the orifice of the tubular body once cut away.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Muhammad Imran Javed
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Publication number: 20230258059Abstract: A method for operating water wells at optimum rates involves obtaining, for each of a multitude of wells, a target rate of fluid flow, obtaining, for each target rate of fluid flow, a corresponding target differential pressure using orifice performance curves stored in a database associated with the multitude of wells, and monitoring each of the multitude of wells for noncompliance. Noncompliance is determined based on a rate deviation of an actual rate of fluid flow from the target rate of fluid flow exceeding a predetermined threshold. The rate deviation is determined based on a differential pressure deviation of a measured differential pressure corresponding to the actual rate of fluid flow from the target differential pressure corresponding to the target rate of fluid flow. The method further involves bringing a non-compliant well of the multitude of wells into compliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohammed N. Mannai, Ayedh M. Shehri, Muhammad Imran Javed
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Patent number: 11718509Abstract: A vehicle (2) comprising a working equipment (4) equipped with a movable loading arrangement (5) comprising a first attachment member (7), said vehicle further comprises a sensor system (6) configured to capture environmental data reflecting the environment around the vehicle and to determine, based on said data, image data (8) representing an area at least partly surrounding the vehicle (2). The sensor system (6) is configured to detect and track positions of the first attachment member (7) and a mating second attachment member (9) of the object (20) to load in said image data representation, and, the detected and tracked positions of the first and second attachment members (7, 9) are used to generate a first set of operation instructions for the loading arrangement (5) of the working equipment that decreases the distance between said first and second attachment members such that said attachment members (7, 9) come into position to engage to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HIAB ABInventors: Hans Lyngbäck, Per Gustafsson, Muhammad Imran
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Publication number: 20230167221Abstract: A block copolymer including blocks of the general formula: where R1 is a cyclic compound having 5 to 8 atoms; R2, R3, and R4 is a linear or cyclic alkyl group; x is a molar fraction from 0.1 to 0.9; y is a molar fraction from 0.1 to 0.9; a sum of x+y is 1; z is from 1 to 10; and the block copolymer has a molecular weight from 500 Da to 50,000 Da.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Nayef M. Alanazi, Muhammad Imran Ul-haq
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Patent number: 11634981Abstract: An apparatus includes a gauge cutter, a lead impression block (LIB), a locking pin, and a locking device. The gauge cutter has a gauge cutter tubular body, a gauge cutter head, and an orifice. The LIB has an LIB body and an LIB head. The LIB is fixed in a first position within the orifice of the gauge cutter by being connected to an inner circumferential surface of the gauge cutter tubular body using a shear pin. The locking pin is disposed around the LIB body. The locking device is disposed around the inner circumferential surface of the gauge cutter tubular body and is configured to mate with the locking pin to hold the LIB in a second position within the gauge cutter. The second position includes a portion of the LIB body located within the orifice and the LIB head located outside of the orifice.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Sanjiv Kumar, Muhammad Imran Javed