Saudi Arabian Oil Company patent applications on March 27th, 2025
Patent Applications by Saudi Arabian Oil Company on March 27th, 2025
Saudi Arabian Oil Company: 23 patent applications
Saudi Arabian Oil Company has applied for patents in the areas of B01D19/00 (1), G01N29/07 (1), H01F27/28 (1), E21B37/06 (1), E21B34/14 (1) B01D19/001 (1), E21B43/26 (1), H02H9/021 (1), H01H47/22 (1), G06F30/27 (1)
With keywords such as: stream, fluid, gas, into, production, tubing, component, conduit, body, and control in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Saudi Arabian Oil Company
Inventor(s): Majed Fehaid Alanazi of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company, Abdullah Al-Abbad of Al-Ahsa SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mosa H. Sahari of Al Khobar SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): B01D19/00, B01D53/14, B01D53/96
CPC Code(s): B01D19/001
Abstract: systems and methods for converting bheeu to dga are provided. an exemplary system includes an amine unit; a reclaimer configured to receive a lean dga stream including bheeu and dga exiting the amine unit and a reclaimer steam stream to convert at least a portion of the bheeu to dga; a sparge line connected a steam source and to the reclaimer configured to introduce sparge steam to restore accumulated dga at the bottom of the reclaimer; and an output stream comprising dga.
20250100067. BACK PURGING ROBOTIC CRAWLER_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Ali Faraj M. AL QABANI of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Muhammed Subhi A. ALNUFAILI of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Saleh Mohammed H. AL MANSOUR of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): B23K9/32, B23K31/12, B23K101/10, B25J5/00, B25J13/00, B25J19/02, F16L55/26
CPC Code(s): B23K9/326
Abstract: a robotic crawler for back purging a weld location in a piping circuit includes a body, one or more conveyors coupled to the body for transporting the robotic crawler within the piping circuit, first and second seal assemblies configured to generate an interference seal with an interior of the piping circuit, a pair of extendable arms, each extendable arm supporting a respective one of the first and second seal assemblies on an opposite side of the body, each respective extendable arm selectively extendable and retractable with respect to the body to adjust a position of the respective seal assembly with respect to the body, and an inert gas flow valve for providing an inert gas into a sealed area defined between the first and second seal assemblies.
Inventor(s): John O'Connell of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Megat A. Rithauddeen of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Jacobus Scholtz Kotze of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C01B3/04, C01B3/26
CPC Code(s): C01B3/04
Abstract: a sour gas stream is sub-stoichiometrically combusted to produce soot and a sour syngas stream. at least 10% of the carbon in the sour gas stream is converted into the soot. at least a portion of the hydrogen sulfide of the sour syngas stream is reacted with sulfur dioxide to produce a syngas stream comprising the carbon dioxide, the carbon monoxide, the hydrogen, water, elemental sulfur vapor, a residual portion of the hydrogen sulfide, and a residual portion of the sulfur dioxide. the syngas stream is reacted with steam to produce a shifted sour gas stream including more carbon dioxide, more hydrogen, more hydrogen sulfide, and less carbon monoxide in comparison to the syngas stream. water and hydrogen sulfide is separated from the shifted sour gas stream to produce a sweet gas stream. the sweet gas stream is separated into a hydrogen product stream and an exhaust stream.
Inventor(s): Andrey Kovalskii of Moscow RU for saudi arabian oil company, Anton Manakhov of Moscow RU for saudi arabian oil company, Madina Baltaeva of Moscow RU for saudi arabian oil company, Maxim Orlov of Moscow RU for saudi arabian oil company, Fahd Ibrahim AlGhunaimi of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Norah Aljuryyed of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C02F1/44, B01D61/02, B01D65/02, B01D67/00, B01D71/28, C02F101/10, C02F103/10, C08J7/12
CPC Code(s): C02F1/442
Abstract: a system and a method for purifying a produced water using a nanomembrane formed from polymeric waste are provided. the method includes placing the nanomembrane into an aqueous solution, wherein a surface of the nanomembrane is functionalized with carboxyl groups. carbon dioxide is injected into the aqueous solution, and bivalent alkaline earth cations are adsorbed on the surface of the nanomembrane in the presence of carbonate ions (co) to form carbonate crystals on the surface of the nanomembrane.
Inventor(s): Luai A. ALHAMAD of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company, Ali Abdullah M. AL-TAQ of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Abdullah A. ALRUSTUM of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Sajjad ALDARWEESH of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C09K8/44, E21B33/13
CPC Code(s): C09K8/44
Abstract: water shut-off materials may comprise: a polyacrylamide; a crosslinker; an aqueous base fluid; and a plurality of magnesium oxide particles. methods for using water shut-off materials may comprise: pumping a water shut-off material into a wellbore and to a target zone in a subterranean formation; wherein the water shut-off material comprises: a polyacrylamide; a crosslinker; an aqueous base fluid; and a plurality of magnesium oxide particles; allowing at least a portion of the plurality of magnesium oxide particles to react with the aqueous base fluid to form brucite within the target zone; allowing at least a portion of the polyacrylamide to crosslink within the target zone; and forming a seal in the target zone with the brucite and crosslinked polyacrylamide.
Inventor(s): Ayman ALMOHISN of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Bader G. ALHARBI of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed K. ARFAJ of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Aqeel K. ALSHAKHOURI of Al Qatif SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C09K8/487
CPC Code(s): C09K8/487
Abstract: compositions, methods and systems including a composite lost circulation material (clcm) composition. the clcm composition includes a colloidal nanosilica component having nanosilica particles and a nanosilica carrier fluid; a temperature-controlled activator component having a temperature-controlled activator and an activator carrier fluid, wherein the temperature-controlled activator is activatable under formation temperature conditions at a zone of interest in a wellbore in a subterranean formation; and polymer gel particles.
Inventor(s): Pramod Dhanaji Patil of Sugar Land TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Muhammad M. Almajid of Qatif SA for saudi arabian oil company, Zuhair A. Yousef of Saihat SA for saudi arabian oil company, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B43/16, C09K8/584, C09K8/592, E21B36/04, E21B43/24
CPC Code(s): C09K8/592
Abstract: a method for recovering heavy oil from a reservoir may include placing one or more downhole mechanical heaters in an injection wellbore and injecting a fluid composition through the one or more downhole mechanical heaters. the fluid composition may contain a dialkyl ether. the fluid composition may further contain a surfactant and/or water in addition to dialkyl ether. the method may further include mechanically heating the fluid composition with the one or more downhole mechanical heaters to form a heated fluid composition, mixing the heated fluid composition with the heavy oil in the reservoir, decreasing a viscosity of the heavy oil, and collecting a mixture of the heated fluid composition and the heavy oil from a production wellbore.
Inventor(s): Khalid Ali Almajnouni of Jeddah SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mengmeng Cui of Thuwal SA for saudi arabian oil company, Pedro Castano of Thuwal SA for saudi arabian oil company, Jorge Gascon Sabate of Thuwal SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C10G11/18
CPC Code(s): C10G11/182
Abstract: methods for distributing catalyst in a counter-current reactor may include passing the catalyst from a catalyst hopper to a perforated plate distributor; distributing the catalyst into a reaction zone of the counter-current reactor by passing the catalyst from a catalyst discharge zone, through the perforations of the perforated plate distributor, into the reaction zone, wherein the catalyst enters the perforations of the perforated plate distributor at a superficial velocity from 0.01 m/s to 10 m/s, and the superficial velocity is in a substantially downward direction; and passing a hydrocarbon feed stream into the reaction zone, wherein the catalyst moves in a substantially downward direction through the reaction zone, the hydrocarbon feed stream moves in a substantially upward direction through the reaction zone, and wherein contacting the catalyst with the hydrocarbon feed stream cracks one or more components of the hydrocarbon feed stream and forms a hydrocarbon product stream.
Inventor(s): Milind M. Vaidya of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Sebastien A. Duval of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Feras Hamad of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Faisal D. Al-Otaibi of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C10L3/10, B01D53/22, B01D71/70
CPC Code(s): C10L3/101
Abstract: provided herein are systems and methods for removing radon from a natural gas stream. the system includes a radon permeable membrane. the radon permeable membrane is configured to separate a natural gas stream into a radon rich permeate stream and a radon reduced retentate stream. the radon rich stream can be stored for a period of time to yield a decayed permeate stream or reinjected into the source formation. the system can include a second radon permeable membrane configured to separate the radon reduced retentate stream into a second permeable stream and a second retentate stream. the decayed permeate stream and second retentate stream can be combined to form a sales gas.
20250101758. Restoring Seawater Canal Divider Walls_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Emad Abu-Aisheh of Hoppers Crossings AU for saudi arabian oil company, Mahmoud A. Dweib of Arlington WA US for saudi arabian oil company, Khalid M. Alnabulsi of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E04G23/02, E02B5/02, E02B5/08
CPC Code(s): E04G23/0218
Abstract: an approach to restoring and protecting a canal divider wall includes positioning a precast panel over the wall in the channel with an inner cavity of the precast panel; installing a titanium bolt through the precast panel and the wall in the channel; and pumping a polymer grout through a bore defined in the cap.
Inventor(s): Rafael Adolfo Lastra Melo of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Jamie Cochran of Aberdeenshire GB for saudi arabian oil company, Jinjiang Xiao of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B17/00, E21B17/02, E21B43/12, H01F27/28
CPC Code(s): E21B17/003
Abstract: a system includes production tubing installed in the well and a female component connected to the production tubing comprising a female component body located in a housing, primary coils wound through the female component body, and a borehole delineated by an inner circumferential surface of the female component body and having a borehole axis. the borehole outlines a shape. the system also includes a male component electrically connected to the electrically powered tool and configured to be inserted into the borehole of the female component. the male component includes a male component body having an external surface formed in the shape, secondary coils wound through the male component body, and a conduit extending through the male component body and having a conduit axis. the borehole axis and the conduit axis line up when the male component is inserted into the borehole of the female component. the system further includes a split downhole transformer formed by installation of the male component into the female component. formation of the split downhole transformer allows power to transfer from a surface location to the electrically powered tool installed in the production tubing downhole in the well.
Inventor(s): Shoaib Murtaza of Abqaiq SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed H Madan of Al Manakh SA for saudi arabian oil company, Saud A Al Shuwaier of Khobar SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B37/06, E21B34/14
CPC Code(s): E21B37/06
Abstract: a downhole completion assembly includes a production tubing installed in a wellbore and includes downhole production valves; a fluid conduit installed in the wellbore adjacent the production tubing and fluidly coupled, at an uphole end, to a hydraulic fluid source and a chemical inhibitor fluid source. the fluid conduit is fluidly coupled, at a downhole end, to the production tubing; and a diverter sleeve installed in or to the fluid conduit. the diverter sleeve is configured to operate: in a first state to circulate a chemical inhibitor fluid from the chemical inhibitor fluid source to the production tubing based on a first fluid pressure, and in a second state to circulate a hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic fluid source to the downhole production valves based on a second fluid pressure in the diverter sleeve greater than the first fluid pressure.
Inventor(s): Ali Abdullah AL-TAQ of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Sajjad A. ALDARWEESH of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Murtada S. AL-JAWAD of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B43/26, E21B36/00
CPC Code(s): E21B43/26
Abstract: methods of cleanup for hydraulic fracturing operations using a ploymeric thickening agent may include use of exothermically reactive salts. for example, a method of cleanup may include use of a first fluid including a first exothermically reactive salt and a second fluid including a second exothermically reactive salt. upon introduction into a subterranean reservoir, exothermically reactive salts may undergo an exothermic reaction to generate heat, and such heat generated from the exothermic reaction may break a polymeric thickening agent and decrease viscosity thereof.
20250101855. MULTIPURPOSE DOWNHOLE APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Norah A. Aljeaban of Al Khobar SA for saudi arabian oil company, Faisal Alrasheed of Dammam SA for saudi arabian oil company, Tao Chen of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B47/00, E21B37/02, E21B47/002
CPC Code(s): E21B47/006
Abstract: a system for surveying internal pipeline scaling includes a control system, a gauge cutter, a scale recorder, and a wireline. the control system communicates with the scale recorder to obtain scale recorder data and acoustic images. the gauge cutter dislodges scaling debris from an interior wall of the pipeline and includes a fluid permeable screen which collects the dislodged scaling debris. the scale recorder obtains scale recorder data and acoustic images, and includes an ultrasound wave transmitter, an ultrasound wave receiver, a processor, a memory, and a communication interface. the wireline lowers the gauge cutter in the pipeline and is coupled to the control system and the communication interface.
Inventor(s): Stacey M. Althaus of Houston TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Jin-Hong Chen of Katy TX US for saudi arabian oil company, John David Broyles of Houston TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed Boudjatit of El Kennar Jijel DZ for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01N24/08, G01N1/34, G01N15/08, G01N33/24
CPC Code(s): G01N24/081
Abstract: techniques for determining a geologic property of a rock sample include (i) measuring, using nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr), a volume of a fluid retained within a solid matrix of a processed rock sample; (ii) measuring, using a gas porosimeter, a volume of gas space of the processed rock sample; (iii) measuring, with an archimedes assembly, a first mass value in air of the processed rock sample and a second mass value in a liquid of the processed rock sample; and (iv) determining, based at least on the measured volume of the fluid, the measured volume of the gas space, and the measured first and second mass values, at least one of a bulk volume, a bulk density, a grain density, or a porosity of the processed rock sample.
Inventor(s): Sanjiv Kumar of Dhanbad IN for saudi arabian oil company, Abdullah K. Alghannam of Al-Ahsa SA for saudi arabian oil company, Keshabananda Baruah of Abqaiq SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01N29/27, E21B19/22, G01N29/07, G01N29/44
CPC Code(s): G01N29/27
Abstract: a system for monitoring tubing during feeding into a conduit includes a collar, a plurality of sensors, and a computer system. the collar is positioned around the tubing. the sensors include ultrasonic transducers and fingers oriented radially inward from the collar. the computer system is configured to measure the outer dimensions and thickness of the tubing using the fingers and ultrasonic transducers respectively as well as trigger alerts based off of the measurements of thickness and outer dimensions of the tubing. the system for monitoring tubing further includes a tubing feed system. the tubing feed system includes tubing, an injector head, and conduit. the injector head feeds the tubing into the conduit under control of the computer.
Inventor(s): Saroj Kumar Panda of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Ahmed M. Aldawood of Safwa SA for saudi arabian oil company, Omer Refa Koseoglu of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01N30/06, G01N30/02, G01N30/62, G01N30/88
CPC Code(s): G01N30/06
Abstract: heavy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (hpahs) are analyzed using aromatic-selective size exclusion chromatography for the separation and quantitation of hpahs. this method is suitable to determine the concentration of hpahs in mixtures that include coronene and other hpahs including 8 or more rings, such as contained in hydrocracker bottoms, or in pyrolysis oil or tar.
Inventor(s): James O. Arukhe of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Torty C. Kalu-Ulu of Ras Tanura SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed H. Aleid of Al Qatif SA for saudi arabian oil company, Suhail A. Samman of Riyadh SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G05B23/02
CPC Code(s): G05B23/0283
Abstract: a method for detecting a gas migration event in a gas-lift hydrocarbon production well. the method includes obtaining process data from the gas-lifted, hydrocarbon production well, the well controlled by a set of operation parameters and detecting, with a computational model, a gas migration event based on the process data. the method further includes adjusting one or more operation parameters in the set of operation parameters to mitigate the gas migration event based on the gas migration event and process data. the method further includes determining a maintenance action based on the gas migration event, generating an alert for the detected gas migration event, and performing the maintenance action on the production well.
20250103067. FLOW CONTROL IN PIPELINES_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Haitham Aljuaydi of Kharj SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mustafa Kidwai of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed Ahmed Kaki of Jeddah SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G05D7/06, F16K7/10
CPC Code(s): G05D7/0617
Abstract: a flow control system includes a conduit having an interior surface, and a flow control device connected to the interior surface of the conduit and disposed along the interior surface of the conduit for a first length. the flow control device includes an expandable element that expands inwardly from the interior surface, from a retracted position to an expanded position. the expandable element defines at least a portion of a flow path configured to control a flow of fluid through the conduit.
Inventor(s): Uchenna Odi of Missouri City TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Karri Reddy of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Cenk Temizel of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Andrew Silver of Houston TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Tandy Lofland of Houston TX US for saudi arabian oil company, Nathan Meehan of College Station TX US for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G06F30/27, E21B47/06
CPC Code(s): G06F30/27
Abstract: a method to determine locations of new wells that includes receiving grid data for a region containing a hydrocarbon reservoir and discretizing the region into a plurality of blocks. the method further includes receiving optimization parameters that include at least one production objective, where the production objective specifies a desired hydrocarbon production from the hydrocarbon reservoir over a period of time and determining a deliverability magnitude for each block in the plurality of blocks based on the grid data, where the deliverability magnitude is based on a permeability and a net pay for each block. the method further includes proposing one or more proposed well locations based on the deliverability magnitude, forecasting the production through time of the one or more proposed well locations, and selecting and scheduling one or more proposed well locations to meet the at least one production objective based on the forecasted production.
Inventor(s): Md Abid Khan of Al Khobar SA for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed Khurmy of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): H01H47/22, H01H47/00, H01H47/18
CPC Code(s): H01H47/22
Abstract: an energy reducing maintenance switch (erms) includes: a first switch that is normally open; a coil that is controlled by the first switch; a relay having instantaneous settings; a first normally-open contact that is controlled by the coil; a delay timer; and a second normally-open contact that is controlled by the delay timer. the coil is charged upon closing the first switch. the erms closes the first normally-open contact and energizes upon charging the coil. the delay timer starts to count from a first present time to a second preset time upon closing the first normally-open contact. the erms closes the second normally-open contact upon the delay timer starting to count. the erms activates the instantaneous settings of the relay, by activating an input signal to the relay, upon closing the second normally-open contact. while the delay timer counts from the first preset time to the second preset time, the second normally-open contact is closed.
Inventor(s): Ricardo Jose Guerra Castillo of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Nabil El Halabi Fares of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Luis De Andrade De Freitas of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Ahmed Al-Shammari of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): H02H9/02, H02H1/00, H02H7/26
CPC Code(s): H02H9/021
Abstract: example methods and systems for short-circuit current control in power systems are disclosed. one example method includes determining a respective maximum short-circuit current (scc) value at each piece of equipment in the power system. a respective scc rating of each piece of the equipment in the power system is compared with the respective maximum scc value at the piece of the equipment. a target reactance of a variable series reactor in a mobile short-circuit control unit (msccu) to be installed between two points of the power system is determined in response to the maximum scc values at one or more pieces of the equipment exceeding the scc ratings of the one or more pieces of the equipment. a reactance of the variable series reactor is adjusted to the target reactance. the msccu is installed between the two points of the power system.
Inventor(s): Kashif KHAWAJA of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company, Irslan SIDDIQ of Dhahran SA for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): H04M7/00
CPC Code(s): H04M7/0084
Abstract: a method of determining whether an end user device coupled to a voice over internet protocol (voip) network is online or offline assembling source data from a variety of network monitoring devices and services including at least one selected from the group consisting of: of asset inventories, voip call control servers, routers, firewalls, and intrusion protection systems (ipss) concerning an online and offline status of a plurality of end user device in the network. the method also comprises training a machine learning algorithm using the source data to determine whether the end user devices coupled to the voip network are online or offline, and after training, executing the machine learning algorithm to determine whether a specific end user device currently coupled to the voip network is online or offline.
Saudi Arabian Oil Company patent applications on March 27th, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- B01D19/00
- B01D53/14
- B01D53/96
- CPC B01D19/001
- Saudi arabian oil company
- B23K9/32
- B23K31/12
- B23K101/10
- B25J5/00
- B25J13/00
- B25J19/02
- F16L55/26
- CPC B23K9/326
- C01B3/04
- C01B3/26
- CPC C01B3/04
- C02F1/44
- B01D61/02
- B01D65/02
- B01D67/00
- B01D71/28
- C02F101/10
- C02F103/10
- C08J7/12
- CPC C02F1/442
- C09K8/44
- E21B33/13
- CPC C09K8/44
- C09K8/487
- CPC C09K8/487
- E21B43/16
- C09K8/584
- C09K8/592
- E21B36/04
- E21B43/24
- CPC C09K8/592
- C10G11/18
- CPC C10G11/182
- C10L3/10
- B01D53/22
- B01D71/70
- CPC C10L3/101
- E04G23/02
- E02B5/02
- E02B5/08
- CPC E04G23/0218
- E21B17/00
- E21B17/02
- E21B43/12
- H01F27/28
- CPC E21B17/003
- E21B37/06
- E21B34/14
- CPC E21B37/06
- E21B43/26
- E21B36/00
- CPC E21B43/26
- E21B47/00
- E21B37/02
- E21B47/002
- CPC E21B47/006
- G01N24/08
- G01N1/34
- G01N15/08
- G01N33/24
- CPC G01N24/081
- G01N29/27
- E21B19/22
- G01N29/07
- G01N29/44
- CPC G01N29/27
- G01N30/06
- G01N30/02
- G01N30/62
- G01N30/88
- CPC G01N30/06
- G05B23/02
- CPC G05B23/0283
- G05D7/06
- F16K7/10
- CPC G05D7/0617
- G06F30/27
- E21B47/06
- CPC G06F30/27
- H01H47/22
- H01H47/00
- H01H47/18
- CPC H01H47/22
- H02H9/02
- H02H1/00
- H02H7/26
- CPC H02H9/021
- H04M7/00
- CPC H04M7/0084
