ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,992, issued on April 8, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for consolidating target region in a geologic formation" was invented by Amjed Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohammed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Ahmed Nasr Eldin Mahmoud (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Sidqi Ahmad Abu-Khamsin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ammar Husseiny Aly El-Husseiny (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for consolidating a subterranean geologic formation is provided. The method includes injecting a first composition, a second composition, and a third composition into the subterrane...