Patents by Inventor Zainab Alsaihati
Zainab Alsaihati 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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Patent number: 11719063Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within an annulus of the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a body and two or more arms coupled to and extending from the body, and activating the two or more arms of the pipe freeing tool to extend outwards from the body to apply a force to the stuck pipe. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes determining a stuck point along a drillstring comprising the stuck pipe, and activating a pipe freeing tool coupled to the stuck pipe to apply a force to the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore, and the pipe freeing tool includes a plurality of expandable disc elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11530346Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing drilling fluid compositions containing treated calcium bentonite. One such method includes mixing calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition. Another method includes mixing the calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash and magnesium oxide, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Salem Alshammari, Vikrant Wagle, Hussain Albahrani, Zainab Alsaihati, Mohammad Alawami, Ali Al-Safran, Nasser Al-Alhareth, Abdullah Al-Awadh, Abdulaziz Alhelal
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Patent number: 11472998Abstract: A cement composition is disclosed that includes a cement slurry and an epoxy resin system that includes at least one epoxy resin and a curing agent. The cement slurry has a density in a range of from 65 pcf to 180 pcf and includes a cement precursor material, silica sand, silica flour, a weighting agent, and manganese tetraoxide. The epoxy resin system includes at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, bisphenol-A-epichlorohydrin epoxy resin, or a compound having formula (I): (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O) where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Zainab Alsaihati, Tushar Mukherjee, Ali BinAli, Ali Alqahtani
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Publication number: 20220298880Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within an annulus of the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a body and two or more arms coupled to and extending from the body, and activating the two or more arms of the pipe freeing tool to extend outwards from the body to apply a force to the stuck pipe. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes determining a stuck point along a drillstring comprising the stuck pipe, and activating a pipe freeing tool coupled to the stuck pipe to apply a force to the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore, and the pipe freeing tool includes a plurality of expandable disc elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11421497Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a downhole conveyance; and an arm coupled to the downhole conveyance, and activating the arm of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe from a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a jack device and a set of wheels coupled to the jack device, and activating the jack device of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11391104Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within an annulus of the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a body and two or more arms coupled to and extending from the body, and activating the two or more arms of the pipe freeing tool to extend outwards from the body to apply a force to the stuck pipe. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes determining a stuck point along a drillstring comprising the stuck pipe, and activating a pipe freeing tool coupled to the stuck pipe to apply a force to the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore, and the pipe freeing tool includes a plurality of expandable disc elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11370955Abstract: A method to control a heat transfer profile in a defined space, the method comprising the steps of introducing a thermally insulating packer fluid into the defined space such that the thermally insulating packer fluid forms a gelled solid and reduces a rate of heat transfer through the defined space as compared to a prior rate of heat transfer through the defined space before introducing the thermally insulating packer fluid, where the thermally insulating packer fluid comprises an acidic nanosilica dispersion and a polyamine.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Zainab Alsaihati, Abdulaziz Alhelal
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Patent number: 11352541Abstract: A sealing composition for sealing an annulus of a wellbore includes from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent epoxy resin based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin comprising at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, or a compound having formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms. The sealing composition also includes from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent curing agent based on the total weight of the composition. Methods for sealing a wellbore annulus or casing-casing annulus includes introducing a spacer fluid to the wellbore, introducing the sealing composition to the wellbore, displacing the sealing composition into the annulus, and curing the sealing composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Alsafran, Vikrant Wagle, Hussain Albahrani, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11352546Abstract: A lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having an alkaline nanosilica dispersion and an ester activator. The alkaline nanosilica dispersion and the ester activator may form a gelled solid after interaction over a contact period. Methods of lost circulation control using the LCM are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Rajendra Kalgaonkar, Abdullah Al-Yami, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11326087Abstract: A sealing composition for sealing an annulus of a wellbore includes from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent epoxy resin based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin comprising at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, or a compound having formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms. The sealing composition also includes from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent curing agent based on the total weight of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Alsafran, Vikrant Wagle, Hussain Albahrani, Zainab Alsaihati
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Well treatment fluid having an acidic nanoparticle based dispersion, an epoxy resin, and a polyamine
Patent number: 11279865Abstract: A well treatment fluid having an acidic nanosilica dispersion, an epoxy resin, and a polyamine activator. The acidic nanosilica dispersion and the polyamine activator may form a gelled solid after interaction over a time period. Methods of reducing water production using the well treatment fluids are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Zainab Alsaihati, Abdulaziz Alhelal -
Patent number: 11268380Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving a real-time density log comprising bulk density readings of a subterranean formation, where a well is being drilled in the subterranean formation; aggregating density readings over a first threshold distance from a current drilling depth in the subterranean formation; calculating a minimum formation density and a maximum formation density in the aggregated density readings; calculating a difference between the maximum formation density and the minimum formation density; in response to determining that the difference is greater than a field threshold, determining whether a previous kick alert occurred at least a second threshold distance from the current drilling depth; and in response to determining that the previous kick alert occurred at least the second threshold distance from the current drilling depth, detecting a kick in the well.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zainab Alsaihati, Bader Otaibi, Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami, Salem H. Al Gharbi
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Publication number: 20210381330Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within an annulus of the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a body and two or more arms coupled to and extending from the body, and activating the two or more arms of the pipe freeing tool to extend outwards from the body to apply a force to the stuck pipe. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe in a wellbore includes determining a stuck point along a drillstring comprising the stuck pipe, and activating a pipe freeing tool coupled to the stuck pipe to apply a force to the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore, and the pipe freeing tool includes a plurality of expandable disc elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Publication number: 20210381331Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a downhole conveyance; and an arm coupled to the downhole conveyance, and activating the arm of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe from a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a jack device and a set of wheels coupled to the jack device, and activating the jack device of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11168243Abstract: A cement composition is disclosed that includes a cement slurry and an epoxy resin system that includes at least one epoxy resin and a curing agent. The cement slurry has a density in a range of from 65 pcf to 180 pcf and includes a cement precursor material, silica sand, silica flour, a weighting agent, and manganese tetraoxide. The epoxy resin system includes at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, bisphenol-A-epichlorohydrin epoxy resin, or a compound having formula (I): (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O) where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Zainab Alsaihati, Tushar Mukherjee, Ali BinAli, Ali Alqahtani
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Publication number: 20210332698Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving a real-time density log comprising bulk density readings of a subterranean formation, where a well is being drilled in the subterranean formation; aggregating density readings over a first threshold distance from a current drilling depth in the subterranean formation; calculating a minimum formation density and a maximum formation density in the aggregated density readings; calculating a difference between the maximum formation density and the minimum formation density; in response to determining that the difference is greater than a field threshold, determining whether a previous kick alert occurred at least a second threshold distance from the current drilling depth; and in response to determining that the previous kick alert occurred at least the second threshold distance from the current drilling depth, detecting a kick in the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zainab Alsaihati, Bader Otaibi, Abdullah Saleh Al-Yami, Salem H. Al Gharbi
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Patent number: 11149181Abstract: A convertible composition comprising a nanosilica drilling fluid, the nanosilica drilling fluid comprising an aqueous based drilling mud, where the aqueous based drilling mud comprises water, and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion, where the alkaline nanosilica dispersion comprises nanosilica; and a chemical activator, the chemical activator operable to hydrolyze in the presence of water to produce an acid, where a weight ratio of the alkaline nanosilica dispersion to the chemical activator is between 1 to 0.001 and 1 to 0.25.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Rajendra A. Kalgaonkar, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11149510Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a downhole conveyance; and an arm coupled to the downhole conveyance, and activating the arm of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe from a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a jack device and a set of wheels coupled to the jack device, and activating the jack device of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11085264Abstract: A method of freeing a stuck pipe includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a downhole conveyance; and an arm coupled to the downhole conveyance, and activating the arm of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe, wherein the force moves the stuck pipe away from a surface of the wellbore and towards a center of the wellbore. Another method of freeing a stuck pipe from a wellbore includes positioning a pipe freeing tool within the wellbore at a location proximate the stuck pipe, the pipe freeing tool including a jack device and a set of wheels coupled to the jack device, and activating the jack device of the pipe freeing tool to apply a force to an external surface of the stuck pipe.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Najeeb Al-Abdulrahman, Bandar S. Al-Malki, Magbel Alharbi, Zainab Alsaihati
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Patent number: 11034881Abstract: A method to control a heat transfer profile in a defined space, the method comprising the steps of introducing a thermally insulating packer fluid into the defined space such that the thermally insulating packer fluid forms a gelled solid and reduces a rate of heat transfer through the defined space as compared to a prior rate of heat transfer through the defined space before introducing the thermally insulating packer fluid, where the thermally insulating packer fluid comprises an acidic nanosilica dispersion and a polyamine.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Zainab Alsaihati, Abdulaziz Alhelal