Saudi Arabian Oil Company patent applications on February 13th, 2025
Patent Applications by Saudi Arabian Oil Company on February 13th, 2025
Saudi Arabian Oil Company: 22 patent applications
Saudi Arabian Oil Company has applied for patents in the areas of E21B49/00 (2), B01J13/04 (1), G01S15/12 (1), G01K1/024 (1), G01K1/143 (1) B01J13/04 (1), F16C33/1045 (1), G06Q10/0875 (1), G05B19/41875 (1), G01V1/307 (1)
With keywords such as: pressure, seismic, fluid, wellbore, configured, include, data, gas, determining, and stream in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Saudi Arabian Oil Company
20250050298. FORMING CORE-SHELL MICROCAPSULES_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Maxim Orlov of Moscow (RU) for saudi arabian oil company, Vyacheslav Grokhovsky of Moscow (RU) for saudi arabian oil company, Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): B01J13/04
CPC Code(s): B01J13/04
Abstract: some microcapsule forming systems include a first container containing a core material; a second container containing a shell material; one or more heaters in mechanical contact with the first and second containers; a first pair of syringe pumps operable to pump the heated core material from the first container to an encapsulation cell; a second pair of syringe pumps operable to pump the heated shell material from the first container to the encapsulation cell; a controller for controlling the one or more heaters and the first and second pair of syringe pumps; the encapsulation cell comprising a first nozzle disposed concentrically within a second nozzle, the first nozzle operable to form a sphere using the heated and pumped core material and the second nozzle operable to form a shell surrounding the sphere using the heated and pumped shell material to form a microcapsule.
Inventor(s): Robert Peter Hodgkins of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Omer Refa Koseoglu of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Kuo-Wei Huang of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Magnus Rueping of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Anissa Bendjeriou-Sedjerari of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Rajesh Kumar Parsapur of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Manoja K. Samantaray of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C01B39/46, C01B39/20
CPC Code(s): C01B39/46
Abstract: modified zeolites may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. the microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. the modified zeolite may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm, wherein the plurality of mesopores are ordered with cubic symmetry. the modified zeolite may include a plurality of titanium atoms each bonded to four bridging oxygen atoms, wherein each of the bridging oxygen atoms bonded to the titanium atoms bridges one of the plurality of the titanium atoms and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
Inventor(s): Mohammed Khaled AL-ARFAJ of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hassan ALQAHTANI of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Turki Thuwaini ALSUBAIE of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hussain SHATEEB of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C09K8/06, E21B21/00
CPC Code(s): C09K8/06
Abstract: drilling fluids, methods, and systems for drilling a subterranean formation. drilling fluids include an aqueous base fluid and a shale inhibitor comprising cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. methods include providing the drilling fluid and drilling at least a portion of a wellbore into a subterranean formation in the presence of the drilling fluid. systems include a drill string extendable into the wellbore from a drilling platform and conveying the drilling fluid to a drill bit arranged at a distal end of the drill string. the subterranean formation may be a shale subterranean formation.
Inventor(s): Ashok SANTRA of Houston TX (US) for saudi arabian oil company, Arthur HALE of Houston TX (US) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C09K8/487, C04B14/06, C04B24/24
CPC Code(s): C09K8/487
Abstract: a self-healing cement structure may be used for repairing defects. an example method of using such a cement structure includes: providing a cement structure in a wellbore, wherein the cement structure includes: a cement and elastomer particles at 1% by weight of the cement (bwoc) to 25% bwoc; applying heat to the cement structure to heat at least a portion of the elastomer particles above a melting point of an elastomer of the elastomer particles to cause at least a portion of the elastomer to melt and infiltrate into a defect in the cement structure; and allowing the elastomer to cool below the melting point of the elastomer to yield a repaired cement structure.
Inventor(s): Ayman Almohsin of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Bader Ghazi Alharbi of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Saad Almutari of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C09K8/508, E21B33/138
CPC Code(s): C09K8/5083
Abstract: a composition includes a colloidal solution which includes a solvent, a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent, an activator dissolved in the colloidal solution, and a plurality of gel particles suspended in the colloidal solution. a method for water shutoff includes injecting a composition into a fracture near a water zone in a formation, wherein the composition includes a colloidal solution which includes a solvent, a plurality of nanoparticles dispersed in the solvent, an activator dissolved in the solvent, and a plurality of gel particles suspended in the colloidal solution.
Inventor(s): Saleh A. ALBENHAMAD of Udhailiyah (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed J. AL-ALI of Udhailiyah (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hamad M. AL-FARHAN of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): C10L3/10, B01D53/48, B01D53/78
CPC Code(s): C10L3/104
Abstract: optimizing natural gas processing and/or reducing corrosion risk in natural gas processing may include, for example: introducing an acid gas stream to a sour gas feed stream, thereby producing an associated gas stream, wherein the sour gas feed stream originates from a high to low pressure letdown station, and wherein an amount of acid gas stream introduced to the sour gas feed stream is based on an initial h2s/co2 ratio of the sour gas feed stream; and forming a recycle stream from a portion of the associated gas stream, wherein the recycle stream forms at least a portion of the acid gas stream.
20250052108. THERMAL REACTOR MOVABLE SHROUD_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Ali H. Al-Nashmi of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Haytham A. Al-Barrak of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E06B9/15
CPC Code(s): E06B9/15
Abstract: a movable thermal shroud includes a mounting body with a framed opening, and a plurality of slats, each movably mounted to the mounting body in a stacked configuration and each slat extending across the length of the framed opening. an operation mechanism is configured to position the slats in the closed configuration or in the open configuration. a method for monitoring an inner equipment system includes placing a movable thermal shroud around the inner equipment system and moving the plurality of slats to the closed configuration using the operation mechanism to enclose the inner equipment system and moving the plurality of slats to the open configuration using the operation mechanism to access a portion of the inner equipment system.
Inventor(s): Mostafa M. Bori of Qatif (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hashim A. Alsadah of Safwa (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Matias S. Funes of Ras Tanura (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Ahmed A. Khalaf of Safwa (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B43/12, F04D13/08, F04D13/10
CPC Code(s): E21B43/128
Abstract: a downhole pumping system includes an electric motor configured to receive electric power from a cable coupled to a power source at a terranean surface; and a submersible pump coupled to the electric motor and positionable within a wellbore formed from the terranean surface toward a subterranean formation. the submersible pump is configured to circulate a wellbore fluid through the wellbore toward the terranean surface. the submersible pump includes a plurality of radial stages, with at least one radial stage including one or more shape members integrated with, attached to, or made a part of one or more surfaces of the submersible pump. each of the one or more shape members is configured to undergo a shape change based at least in part on a characteristic of the wellbore fluid.
Inventor(s): Tameem Almani of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Khaqan Khan of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammad H. Altwaijri of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B43/26, E21B47/022, E21B49/00
CPC Code(s): E21B43/26
Abstract: among other things, methods and systems are described for calculating formation breakdown pressures. a method involves determining, during hydraulic fracturing operations, a pore pressure for a wellbore; determining a poroelastic stress for the wellbore using a poroelastic stress equation and based on the pore pressure; determining, during the hydraulic fracturing operations, a breakdown pressure upper bound for the wellbore; applying, during the hydraulic fracturing operations, a stress correction on the breakdown pressure upper bound based on whether the wellbore is an open hole wellbore or a cemented liner wellbore; and determining, during the hydraulic fracturing operations, a breakdown pressure for the wellbore based on the stress-corrected upper bound breakdown pressure for the wellbore.
Inventor(s): Ayman M. Almohsin of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Dongqing Cao of Beijing (CN) for saudi arabian oil company, Ming Han of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Bader G. Alharbi of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B47/117
CPC Code(s): E21B47/117
Abstract: a system and method of testing pre-formed particle gels in an artificial fracture system may include introducing a suspension including a pre-formed particle gel into a testing device that includes an artificial fracture setup with a plurality of fracture model units. the system may be configured to inject pre-formed particle gels into an accumulator with magnetic stirrers first and then into a series of fracture model units configured to receive a fluid through a flow channel and, change the flow channel in a transverse direction relative to the direction of the fluid flow.
20250052148. AUTONOMOUS DOWNHOLE ROBOT TOOL STRING_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Abubaker Saeed of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Joey Palmowski of Brooklyn NY (US) for saudi arabian oil company, Boleslaw Mellerowicz of Brooklyn NY (US) for saudi arabian oil company, Isabel King of Brooklyn NY (US) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): E21B47/16, E21B41/04
CPC Code(s): E21B47/16
Abstract: an autonomous downhole robot tool string configured for navigating and collecting information in a downhole environment comprises a sensor head having a cylindrical housing positioned at a distal end of the tool string which includes a wobbler ultrasonic transducer with a tubular structure housing an ultrasonic transducer wherein the tubular structure is tiltable about the shaft, and wherein the distal end of the sensor head is mounted for panned movement about the longitudinal axis providing two degrees of freedom for the wobbler ultrasonic transducer. first and second caliper ultrasonic transducers are positioned on the cylindrical housing facing the downhole environment, each caliper transducers is configured to pan about an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the tool string. an electronics bay section coupled to the sensor head includes electronic circuits for controlling components of the sensor head.
20250052259. VOLUMETRIC PRESSURE REDUCING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Rashad I. ALMILAD of Abqaiq (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): F15B1/02, F15B1/04
CPC Code(s): F15B1/021
Abstract: a pressure-reducing sampling apparatus includes a primary pressure chamber for receiving a pressurized fluid from a pressurized component and including a liquid outlet for collecting a sample of a liquid from the pressurized fluid in the primary pressure chamber, one or more secondary pressure chambers in fluid communication with the primary pressure chamber to receive and store a gas received from the primary pressure chamber, and a vent in fluid communication with a final secondary pressure chamber of the one or more secondary pressure chambers and configured to vent the gas from the final secondary pressure chamber.
Inventor(s): Hasanur Jamal Molla of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hadi A. Al-Qahtani of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): F16C33/10, F16N1/00, F16N13/20
CPC Code(s): F16C33/1045
Abstract: a system for bearing lubrication comprises a bearing; a temperature sensor; a pressure sensor; a lubricant reservoir; a bearing lubrication comprising a pump; a lubricant drainage line; an exhaust fan; and a bearing lubrication controller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor, the pump, and the exhaust fan, wherein the bearing lubrication controller is programmed to execute bearing temperature control logic comprising detecting the temperature from the temperature sensor, determining whether the temperature falls outside an upper pre-defined bound of the temperature, increasing the rate of a lubricant supplied from the pump to the bearing, detecting the fluid pressure from the pressure sensor, determining whether the fluid pressure falls outside an upper pre-defined bound of the fluid pressure within the bearing, and increasing the speed of the exhaust fan to increase a pressure differential along the lubricant drainage line from the bearing to the lubricant reservoir.
Inventor(s): Zakariya S. Al-Helal of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Ali H. Al-Nashmi of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01K1/02, G01K1/024, G01K1/143, G01K11/12, G08B21/18
CPC Code(s): G01K1/026
Abstract: a system for monitoring, in real time, properties of an object and an environment proximate to the object includes a flexible covering, a plurality of sensors, a control module, and a display. the flexible covering is configured to conform to one or more surfaces of the object. the plurality of sensors are disposed at regular intervals across the flexible covering. each of the sensors is configured to measure one or more properties. the sensors are configured to transmit property data amongst each other. the control module is configured to receive the property data from each of the plurality of sensors. the control module includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon such that, when executed, cause the processor to produce a visual representation of the property data. the display is configured to show the visual representation of the property data.
20250052638. DETECTING PASSING VALVES_simplified_abstract_(saudi arabian oil company)
Inventor(s): Yazeed Alnumay of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Ali Alrasheed of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Amjad Felemban of Thuwal (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01M3/24, G05B13/02
CPC Code(s): G01M3/24
Abstract: this disclosure describes systems and methods for detecting passing valves. a method includes measuring vibrational data with a sensor coupled to a pipe adjacent to a valve; generating a spectrogram representing a time variation of frequencies of the vibrational data; detecting that the valve is a passing valve by classifying the spectrogram as including frequencies representative of a passing valve, the classifying being based on a trained convolutional neural network; and in response to detecting the passing valve, performing a corrective action to resolve the passing valve.
Inventor(s): Mohammed M. Al-Fahmi of Al Khobar (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Sait Ismail Ozkaya of Ankara (TR) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01N1/08, G01B11/30
CPC Code(s): G01N1/08
Abstract: a computer-implemented method for determining fracture roughness from a core is described. in examples, a drill core is scanned to obtain core images, and natural fractures in the core images are identified using sequential filtering. the identified natural fractures in the core images are digitized and used to obtain a fracture profile comprising a pair of sinusoids corresponding to the top wall and the base wall of the identified natural fractures. a best fitting sinusoid of the fracture profile is determined and used to calculate at least one statistical estimator. the calculated statistical estimator is used to calculate a joint roughness coefficient.
Inventor(s): Abubaker Saeed of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Boleslaw Mellerowicz of Brooklyn NY (US) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01S7/527, G01S15/12
CPC Code(s): G01S7/5273
Abstract: a system and method measure distances using physically offset transducers. the system includes first and second transducers physically offset by a predetermined offset distance for generating time-of-flight values of sonic pulses from the transducers to an object. a processor determines a speed of sound in a medium from the time-of-flight values and the offset distance, and determines a distance of at least one of the transducers from the object using the speed of sound and a corresponding time-of-flight value. a controller generates a control signal from the determined distance to control movement of a mobile device. a method implements the system.
Inventor(s): Young Seo Kim of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Jewoo Yoo of Delft (NL) for saudi arabian oil company, Hussain J. sALIM of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01V1/28, G06V10/25, G06V20/10
CPC Code(s): G01V1/282
Abstract: systems and methods for noise-robust time-domain multi-scale full waveform inversion using convolved data are disclosed. the methods include obtaining, using a seismic acquisition system, an observed seismic dataset pertaining to a subsurface region of interest; obtaining, using a seismic processor, a seismic velocity model; and iteratively, using the seismic processor, until a stopping criterion is met: selecting a wavelet with a frequency parameter, wherein the frequency parameter increases with each iteration, forming a convolved seismic dataset based on a convolution of the wavelet with the observed seismic dataset, and updating, using a full waveform inversion, the seismic velocity model based, at least in part, on the convolved seismic dataset. the methods further include forming a seismic image of the subsurface region of interest using the updated seismic velocity model.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Naseem Al-Dawood of Safwa (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Mohammed Yousif Aldakheel of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Ahmed Moustafa AbdelWahab M. Kassem of London (GB) for saudi arabian oil company, Hamad Mohammed Alghenaim of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G01V1/30, E21B44/00, E21B49/00, G01V1/34, G06N20/20
CPC Code(s): G01V1/307
Abstract: systems and methods for drilling a hydrocarbon well in a subterranean formation based on channel thicknesses are configured for receiving seismic data for the subterranean formation; extracting values for seismic attributes from the seismic data; executing a machine learning model trained using synthetic seismic attribute values that are associated with true values of channel thicknesses for synthetic channels, the machine learning model receiving the extracted values for the seismic attributes as input values; generating, based on the executing, at least one predicted value of a channel thickness for a channel in the subterranean formation; generating, based on the at least one predicted value of the channel thickness for the channel, a map of the subterranean formation including the channel.
Inventor(s): Khalid A. Al-Jabr of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Dahham M. Al-Anazi of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Md Fazlul Alam Chowdhury of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G05B19/418
CPC Code(s): G05B19/41875
Abstract: embodiments herein a method for managing hydrocarbon assets for a hydrocarbon operating facility. one embodiment includes receiving asset data associated with a plurality of hydrocarbon assets at an operations facility, determining a plurality of categories of asset data, and determining, by the computing device, a value for each of the plurality of categories of asset data. some embodiments include determining a value for an asset management index (ami) for the hydrocarbon operating facility, wherein the value for ami includes the value for each of the plurality of categories of asset data, normalizing the ami, and determining an acceptable range for ami. some embodiments include determining whether the ami is within the acceptable range for ami, and communicating data related to whether the ami is within the acceptable range to the hydrocarbon asset management output translation module.
Inventor(s): Abdullah Al-Yami of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Hassan R. Al-Dhafiri of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Majed O. Al-Rubaiyan of Dammam (SA) for saudi arabian oil company, Khaled M. Al-Zain of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G06Q10/0875, G06Q10/067
CPC Code(s): G06Q10/0875
Abstract: a method of automated cataloging includes: receiving a request for cataloging an item as an inventory from the computer device; generating a catalog model, using information about one or more objects; applying the catalog model, using information about the item; and searching within a database for an entry belonging to a class in which the item is determined to be. the database stores information about inventories, and at least a part of the one or more objects is included in the inventories.
Inventor(s): Abdullah A. Alakeely of Dhahran (SA) for saudi arabian oil company
IPC Code(s): G06T3/40, G06T5/00
CPC Code(s): G06T3/40
Abstract: a computer-implemented method for increasing petrophysical image log resolution using deep learning is described. in examples, a group of images is prepared for training a machine learning model. the machine learning model is trained using the prepared group of images, wherein the machine learning model learns a function that increases a resolution of the prepared group of images. unseen images are input to the trained machine learning model, wherein the trained machine learning model outputs respective high-resolution images.
Saudi Arabian Oil Company patent applications on February 13th, 2025
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- B01J13/04
- CPC B01J13/04
- Saudi arabian oil company
- C01B39/46
- C01B39/20
- CPC C01B39/46
- C09K8/06
- E21B21/00
- CPC C09K8/06
- C09K8/487
- C04B14/06
- C04B24/24
- CPC C09K8/487
- C09K8/508
- E21B33/138
- CPC C09K8/5083
- C10L3/10
- B01D53/48
- B01D53/78
- CPC C10L3/104
- E06B9/15
- CPC E06B9/15
- E21B43/12
- F04D13/08
- F04D13/10
- CPC E21B43/128
- E21B43/26
- E21B47/022
- E21B49/00
- CPC E21B43/26
- E21B47/117
- CPC E21B47/117
- E21B47/16
- E21B41/04
- CPC E21B47/16
- F15B1/02
- F15B1/04
- CPC F15B1/021
- F16C33/10
- F16N1/00
- F16N13/20
- CPC F16C33/1045
- G01K1/02
- G01K1/024
- G01K1/143
- G01K11/12
- G08B21/18
- CPC G01K1/026
- G01M3/24
- G05B13/02
- CPC G01M3/24
- G01N1/08
- G01B11/30
- CPC G01N1/08
- G01S7/527
- G01S15/12
- CPC G01S7/5273
- G01V1/28
- G06V10/25
- G06V20/10
- CPC G01V1/282
- G01V1/30
- E21B44/00
- G01V1/34
- G06N20/20
- CPC G01V1/307
- G05B19/418
- CPC G05B19/41875
- G06Q10/0875
- G06Q10/067
- CPC G06Q10/0875
- G06T3/40
- G06T5/00
- CPC G06T3/40
