Patents by Inventor Zuhair A. Al-Yousef

Zuhair A. Al-Yousef 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).

  • Publication number: 20250136859
    Abstract: Carbon dioxide may be stored within a gas hydrate of a subterranean formation. For example, compositions for storage of carbon dioxide in a gas hydrate may comprise: a carbon dioxide phase; and a nonionic surfactant that is at least partially dissolved in the carbon dioxide phase, the nonionic surfactant including a first polyalkoxylated alcohol and a second polyalkoxylated alcohol, in which each polyalkoxylated alcohol is a reaction product of an aliphatic alcohol and one or more of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and butylene oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Pramod Dhanaji PATIL, Abdulaziz S. AL-QASIM, Zuhair A. AL-YOUSEF, Muhammad M. ALMAJID, Ali A. ALYOUSEF
  • Publication number: 20250116173
    Abstract: A method for sequestering CO2 in a subterranean formation and a method for sequestering CO2 in a subterranean formation during an enhanced oil recovery treatment include preparing a solution comprising CO2 and from 0.01% by weight (wt. %) to 10 wt. % of a CO2 soluble alkoxylate surfactant based on the total weight of CO2, processing the solution through a dispersing unit in fluid communication with an injection well, and injecting the dispersion into the injection well of the formation, thereby sequestering CO2 in the formation. The method for sequestering CO2 in a subterranean formation during an enhanced oil recovery treatment includes introducing an enhanced oil recovery treatment to the formation. A system for sequestering CO2 in a formation includes an injection well in fluid communication with a formation, an injection unit, and a dispersing unit that is in fluid communication with the injection unit and the injection well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Pramod Dhanaji Patil, Shiv S. Sangaru, Subhash C. Ayirala, Ali A. Yousef, Abdulaziz S. Qasim, Zuhair A. Al-Yousef, Muhammad M. Almajid
  • Patent number: 12258845
    Abstract: Hydrogen foams may be used for placing and maintaining hydrogen in a subterranean location. For example, methods for introducing hydrogen to a subterranean location may include: placing a hydrogen foam in a subterranean location, in which the hydrogen foam comprises a continuous phase generated from a foamable composition comprising an aqueous fluid and a discontinuous phase comprising at least hydrogen gas; and maintaining the hydrogen foam in the subterranean location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sehmus Ozden, Ayrat Gizzatov, Zuhair Al Yousef
  • Publication number: 20250012177
    Abstract: Hydrogen foams may be used for placing and maintaining hydrogen in a subterranean location. For example, methods for introducing hydrogen to a subterranean location may include: placing a hydrogen foam in a subterranean location, in which the hydrogen foam comprises a continuous phase generated from a foamable composition comprising an aqueous fluid and a discontinuous phase comprising at least hydrogen gas; and maintaining the hydrogen foam in the subterranean location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sehmus OZDEN, Ayrat GIZZATOV, Zuhair AL YOUSEF
  • Patent number: 12152469
    Abstract: Mineralizing carbon dioxide for storage may occur in a wellbore. For example, a method of mineralizing carbon dioxide may include: introducing, through a first wellbore to a subterranean formation, a first solution including a metal salt and a metal catalyst; introducing a second solution including a brine, wherein the second solution has nanobubble carbon dioxide at least partially dispersed therein, and wherein the second solution is introduced after introduction of the first solution; injecting carbon dioxide gas thereby at least partially dispersing the carbon dioxide gas in the first solution, thereby forming dissolved carbon dioxide; generating mineralized carbon dioxide from the dissolved carbon dioxide, wherein the generating includes catalytically reacting the metal salt and the dissolved carbon dioxide using the metal catalyst, thereby forming the mineralized carbon dioxide; and depositing the mineralized carbon dioxide within the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Pramod Dhanaji Patil, Abdulaziz S. Qasim, Ali A. Alyousef, Zuhair A. Al-Yousef, Muhammad M. Almajid