ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,506, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

"Catalysts for dry reforming and methods of producing the same" was invented by Cafer Tayyar Yavuz (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Seokjin Kim (Jinju, South Korea), Aadesh Harale (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Bandar Al Solami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Aqil Jamal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to catalysts for dry reforming, methods of producing the catalysts, and methods of using the catalysts in dry reforming. The catalysts contain nickel...