Patents by Inventor Salah H. Al-Saleh

Salah H. Al-Saleh 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).

  • Absolute porosity and pore size determination of pore types in media with varying pore sizes
    Patent number: 10444171
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • ABSOLUTE POROSITY AND PORE SIZE DETERMINATION OF PORE TYPES IN MEDIA WITH VARYING PORE SIZES
    Publication number: 20190178825
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: HYUNG T. KWAK, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • Absolute porosity and pore size determination of pore types in media with varying pore sizes
    Patent number: 10288571
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh
  • ABSOLUTE POROSITY AND PORE SIZE DETERMINATION OF PORE TYPES IN MEDIA WITH VARYING PORE SIZES
    Publication number: 20180259468
    Abstract: The longitudinal relaxation times (T1) of water and hydrocarbon inside porous media, such as rock from subsurface formations, behave differently when external magnetic fields vary. A Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) profile from Fast Field Cycling Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FFC-NMR) technique differentiates the type of fluids filling the pores. Different types of pores in a rock sample are filled with different fluids, water and hydrocarbon, and the absolute porosity and the pore size of each type of pores is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung T. Kwak, Ali A. Al-Yousif, Salah H. Al-Saleh