US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Aug. 26 for "Hydrogen sulfide treatment method for crude oil/sour gas" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,309, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Hydrogen sulfide treatment method for crude oil/sour gas" was invented by Sagheer A. Onaizi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mustapha Iddrisu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a subterranean geological formation using a nanocomposite material includes injecting a drilling fluid suspension with a pH of 10 or more containing a nanocomposite material in an amount of 0.01 to 1.5 percent by weight of the drilling fluid suspension into the subterranean geological fo...