Patents by Inventor Ziad SIDAOUI

Ziad SIDAOUI 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).

  • METHOD AND DOWNHOLE APPARATUS TO ACCELERATE WORMHOLE INITIATION AND PROPAGATION DURING MATRIX ACIDIZING OF A SUBTERRANEAN ROCK FORMATION
    Publication number: 20230304386
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole tools and related methods that accelerate wormhole initiation and propagation during matrix acidizing of a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean rock formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ziad Sidaoui, Mustapha Abbad
  • Method and downhole apparatus to accelerate wormhole initiation and propagation during matrix acidizing of a subterranean rock formation
    Patent number: 11692425
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole tools and related methods that accelerate wormhole initiation and propagation during matrix acidizing of a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean rock formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ziad Sidaoui, Mustapha Abbad
  • METHOD AND DOWNHOLE APPARATUS TO ACCELERATE WORMHOLE INITIATION AND PROPAGATION DURING MATRIX ACIDIZING OF A SUBTERRANEAN ROCK FORMATION
    Publication number: 20220042409
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole tools and related methods that accelerate wormhole initiation and propagation during matrix acidizing of a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean rock formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ziad Sidaoui, Mustapha Abbad
  • Method for fracturing a subterranean geological formation with an emulsified acid
    Patent number: 10851288
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Sultan, Ziad Sidaoui
  • Method of emulsifying an acid and acidizing a geological formation
    Patent number: 10851287
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Sultan, Ziad Sidaoui
  • Method for drilling a subterranean geological formation to form a well bore and circulating emulsified acid therein
    Patent number: 10851289
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Sultan, Ziad Sidaoui
  • METHOD FOR FRACTURING A SUBTERRANEAN GEOLOGICAL FORMATION WITH AN EMULSIFIED ACID
    Publication number: 20190390104
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. SULTAN, Ziad SIDAOUI
  • METHOD OF EMULSIFYING AN ACID AND ACIDIZING A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
    Publication number: 20190390103
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. SULTAN, Ziad SIDAOUI
  • METHOD FOR DRILLING A SUBTERRANEAN GEOLOGICAL FORMATION
    Publication number: 20190390105
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. SULTAN, Ziad SIDAOUI
  • Emulsified acid comprising waste oil for acidizing geological formations
    Patent number: 10450502
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. Sultan, Ziad Sidaoui
  • EMULSIFIED ACID COMPRISING WASTE OIL FOR ACIDIZING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20180282614
    Abstract: A method of acidizing a subterranean geological formation by injecting an emulsified acid into a wellbore, wherein the emulsified acid includes at least an aqueous phase comprising a hydrochloric acid solution, an oil phase comprising waste oil, and an emulsifier, and wherein the waste oil contains 45-75% by weight of aromatic compounds and preferably contains less than 0.5% by weight of non-hydrocarbon compounds. Various embodiments, and combinations of embodiments, of the emulsified acid and the method of acidizing are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Abdullah S. SULTAN, Ziad SIDAOUI