Patents by Inventor Zuhair AlYousif
Zuhair AlYousif 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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Publication number: 20240052726Abstract: Described is a method for enhanced carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration in geological formations. The method includes dissolving CO2 in a low salinity fluid to form a CO2-brine solution. The low salinity fluid includes sodium (Na+) ions and sulfate (SO42?) ions. The CO2-brine solution is injected into a geological formation, and the CO2 reacts with the geological formation to produce solid carbonate minerals for CO2 sequestration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Subhash C. Ayirala, Muhammad M. Almajid, Moataz Abu AlSaud
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Patent number: 11814577Abstract: An aqueous wellbore fluid may include a surface active agent package in an amount ranging from 1 to 20 gpt, a thickener in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 wt. %, and an aqueous base fluid. The surface active agent package may include an ?-olefin sulfonate, a terpenoid, and isopropyl alcohol. The thickener may include a biopolymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Mohammed Alabbad, Hana Almatouq
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Patent number: 11760919Abstract: A foam for hydrocarbon recovery includes a gas phase and a liquid phase. The liquid phase includes a foaming mixture, and the foaming mixture includes an aqueous solution, one or more surfactants, and an oil mixture. At least 2 wt. % of the liquid phase includes the oil mixture. Also described are methods of recovering hydrocarbons from a deposit reservoir using such a foam, as well as a hydrocarbon well including such a foam.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Zuhair AlYousif, Abdulkarem Algadrah
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Patent number: 11718785Abstract: Foaming fluid composition and methods for enhanced oil recovery are provided with enhanced foaming properties. The foaming composition may include a surfactant and Allium sativum oil where Allium sativum oil may be included in an amount ranging from 20 to 75 vol % in respect to the total volume of the surfactant and the Allium sativum oil. Methods of enhancing recovery of oil from an oil containing formation are also provided. Methods may include injecting a foaming composition into the oil containing formation, where the foaming composition may include a surfactant and Allium sativum oil. Methods may also include the foaming composition that includes Allium sativum oil in an amount ranging from 20 to 75 vol % in respect to the total volume of the surfactant and the Allium sativum oil.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Deena Tayyib, Zuhair AlYousif, Abdulaziz AlQasim
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Patent number: 11708750Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation includes withdrawing hydrocarbons from a production well extending into the formation, identifying a high permeability streak in the formation, and injecting a dense CO2 composition from an injection well into the high permeability streak. The dense CO2 composition includes dense CO2 and a thickener soluble in the dense CO2. The thickener includes copolymer. The method includes, after injecting the dense carbon dioxide composition into the high permeability streak, injecting an aqueous treatment fluid into the formation.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Muhammad Majid Almajid
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Patent number: 11613968Abstract: A method for increasing CO2 sequestration efficiency in depleted reservoirs by increasing injectivity is provided. This method includes the steps of introducing a surfactant solution into an upper portion of the reservoir through an injection well and introducing CO2 to a lower portion through another injection well such that the CO2 and surfactant solution migrate away from the wells and intimately intermingle to form CO2-based foam in situ. The surfactant solution and CO2 may also be introduced through the same injection well, where the surfactant solution is introduced to an upper portion of the reservoir and the CO2 is introduced into a lower portion. The pressure may be maintained at a value less than the fracture pressure of the reservoir utilizing a pressure relief well.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Muhammad M. Almajid, Zuhair AlYousif
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Publication number: 20230062001Abstract: A method for increasing CO2 sequestration efficiency in depleted reservoirs by increasing injectivity is provided. This method includes the steps of introducing a surfactant solution into an upper portion of the reservoir through an injection well and introducing CO2 to a lower portion through another injection well such that the CO2 and surfactant solution migrate away from the wells and intimately intermingle to form CO2-based foam in situ. The surfactant solution and CO2 may also be introduced through the same injection well, where the surfactant solution is introduced to an upper portion of the reservoir and the CO2 is introduced into a lower portion. The pressure may be maintained at a value less than the fracture pressure of the reservoir utilizing a pressure relief well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Muhammad M. Almajid, Zuhair AlYousif
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Patent number: 11578572Abstract: A method for reducing water production from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation includes identifying a high permeability zone in the formation and injecting a dense CO2 composition from a production well into the high permeability zone. The dense CO2 composition includes dense CO2 and a thickener soluble in the dense CO2. The thickener includes a copolymer that is the polymerized reaction product of monomers that include at least one alkenyl ether or dialkenyl ether monomer, at least one acrylate or methacrylate monomer, at least one structural monomer, and at least one allyl ester monomer. After injecting the dense CO2 composition into the high permeability zone, the method includes withdrawing hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation through the production well. The dense CO2 composition blocks pores in the high permeability zone to reduce or prevent flow of water from the high permeability zone into the production well.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Muhammad Majid Almajid
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Patent number: 11447687Abstract: A surfactant foam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) gas injection that includes a surfactant and Aloe vera gel. The surfactant may be a methanol surface active agent foamer. The surfactant foam may be generated in-situ from an injected gas (such as air or nitrogen), water (such as seawater), a surfactant, and Aloe vera gel. A process for enhancing oil recovery in a hydrocarbon reservoir using the surfactant foam and for manufacturing the foam are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Hana AlMatouq, Zuhair AlYousif, Amin Alabdulwahab
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Patent number: 11441069Abstract: A method of remediation of a water-bearing formation is disclosed. A first solution containing a nitrogen-containing compound and a second solution containing a nitrite-containing compound are introduced into the water-bearing formation. The two solutions intermix within the formation such that a foam is generated within the formation.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Ali Abdullah Al-Taq
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Patent number: 11359134Abstract: Treatment fluids of the present disclosure may comprise an aqueous base fluid and a surfactant composition. The surfactant composition may comprise a sulfonate surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, a plant-based oil in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, and a zwitterionic co-surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition. The plant-based oil may comprise from 65 mol. % to 85 mol. % species comprising one or more gondoic acid moieties. Methods for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Afnan Mashat, Zuhair AlYousif, Deena Tayyib, Mustafa Alsaffar
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Publication number: 20220169918Abstract: Foaming fluid composition and methods for enhanced oil recovery are provided with enhanced foaming properties. The foaming composition may include a surfactant and Allium sativum oil where Allium sativum oil may be included in an amount ranging from 20 to 75 vol % in respect to the total volume of the surfactant and the Allium sativum oil. Methods of enhancing recovery of oil from an oil containing formation are also provided. Methods may include injecting a foaming composition into the oil containing formation, where the foaming composition may include a surfactant and Allium sativum oil. Methods may also include the foaming composition that includes Allium sativum oil in an amount ranging from 20 to 75 vol % in respect to the total volume of the surfactant and the Allium sativum oil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Deena Tayyib, Zuhair AlYousif, Abdulaziz AlQasim
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Publication number: 20220154562Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation includes withdrawing hydrocarbons from a production well extending into the formation, identifying a high permeability streak in the formation, and injecting a dense CO2 composition from an injection well into the high permeability streak. The dense CO2 composition includes dense CO2 and a thickener soluble in the dense CO2. The thickener includes copolymer. The method includes, after injecting the dense carbon dioxide composition into the high permeability streak, injecting an aqueous treatment fluid into the formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Muhammad Majid Almajid
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Publication number: 20220154563Abstract: A method for reducing water production from a hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation includes identifying a high permeability zone in the formation and injecting a dense CO2 composition from a production well into the high permeability zone. The dense CO2 composition includes dense CO2 and a thickener soluble in the dense CO2. The thickener includes a copolymer that is the polymerized reaction product of monomers that include at least one alkenyl ether or dialkenyl ether monomer, at least one acrylate or methacrylate monomer, at least one structural monomer, and at least one allyl ester monomer. After injecting the dense CO2 composition into the high permeability zone, the method includes withdrawing hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon bearing subterranean formation through the production well. The dense CO2 composition blocks pores in the high permeability zone to reduce or prevent flow of water from the high permeability zone into the production well.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Muhammad Majid Almajid
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Publication number: 20220119700Abstract: Treatment fluids of the present disclosure may comprise an aqueous base fluid and a surfactant composition. The surfactant composition may comprise a sulfonate surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, a plant-based oil in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition, and a zwitterionic co-surfactant in an amount of from 0.01 wt. % to 2 wt. % based on the total weight of the treatment fluid composition. The plant-based oil may comprise from 65 mol. % to 85 mol. % species comprising one or more gondoic acid moieties. Methods for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation with the treatment fluid are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Afnan Mashat, Zuhair AlYousif, Deena Tayyib, Mustafa Alsaffar
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Patent number: 11299663Abstract: A method for treating a hydrocarbon-containing formation includes injecting an aqueous solution that contains an alkali nitrite, an ammonium halide, and a foaming agent into the formation, injecting supercritical carbon dioxide into the formation, allowing a portion of the carbon dioxide to dissolve in the aqueous solutions, causing the alkali nitrite and ammonium halide to react and generate nitrogen gas, and allowing a foam to form by the interaction of the nitrogen gas with the foaming agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ali Abdullah Al-Taq, Zuhair AlYousif, Othman Alswaie
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Publication number: 20220098471Abstract: A surfactant foam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) gas injection that includes a surfactant and Aloe vera gel. The surfactant may be a methanol surface active agent foamer. The surfactant foam may be generated in-situ from an injected gas (such as air or nitrogen), water (such as seawater), a surfactant, and Aloe vera gel. A process for enhancing oil recovery in a hydrocarbon reservoir using the surfactant foam and for manufacturing the foam are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Hana AlMatouq, Zuhair AlYousif, Amin Alabdulwahab
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Publication number: 20220081608Abstract: An aqueous wellbore fluid may include a surface active agent package in an amount ranging from 1 to 20 gpt, a thickener in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 0.3 wt. %, and an aqueous base fluid. The surface active agent package may include an ?-olefin sulfonate, a terpenoid, and isopropyl alcohol. The thickener may include a biopolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Mohammed Alabbad, Hana Almatouq
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Patent number: 11254858Abstract: The application discloses foam compositions, methods to produce foam compositions, and methods to increase hydrocarbon production by displacing a hydrocarbon product with a foam composition. The foam composition includes an aqueous phase that typically includes an amphoteric surfactant and inorganic ions.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Subhash Ayirala, Mustafa Alkhowaildi
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Patent number: 11236580Abstract: A method for improving oil recovery within a subterranean formation that includes forming a barrier within the formation to isolate at least a portion of a first region from a proximate second region. The barrier is formed by introducing a first solution including an ammonium containing compound and a second solution including a nitrite containing compound into the formation. The first solution, the second solution, or both, further include a foaming agent. The compounds react to generate nitrogen gas in the presence of the foaming agent to generate a foam within a first region. The foam provides the barrier. Water is introduced into the formation. The barrier diverts the water away from the first region and into the second region. The water operates to displace at least a portion of a hydrocarbon present in the second region and discharge the hydrocarbon from the formation.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Zuhair AlYousif, Ali Abdullah Al-Taq