Patents by Inventor Salaheldin El Katatny

Salaheldin El Katatny 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).

  • New Environmentally Friendly Fluid to Remove Mn3O4 Filter Cake
    Publication number: 20140110121
    Abstract: Disclosed is a two-stage filter cake removal composition, and method of use thereof, for use in a wellbore for controlled removal of a filter cake present in a target production zone. The two-stage filter cake removal composition may include an enzyme present in an amount of between about 1% and 10%, and a glycolic acid in amounts of between about 1% and 10% by weight. Optionally, hydrochloric acid may be added to the glycolic acid, in an amount of about 1 and 5% by weight. The two-stage filter cake removal composition, when the enzyme is applied to the filter cake in the target production zone in a first stage and the glycolic acid is applied to the filter cake in the target production zone in a second stage, is operable to remove the filter cake in the target production zone over a predetermined extended reaction time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: Texas A&M University, Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Mohammed Al Moajil, Salaheldin El Katatny, Hisham A. Nasr-El-Din