ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,556, issued on April 22, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Pond water (gas plant discharge) based fracturing fluid" was invented by Mustafa Alkhowaildi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Saad Hejji Al-Ruwayshid (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Fahd Ibrahim Alghunaimi (Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Norah W. Aljuryyed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Arif Al-Zawwadi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Abdullah Bataweel (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Eyad Ali Alali (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems to produce a pond water, pond water compositions, and methods for using pond water compositions are provided. The syst...