US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 29 for "Workflow to predict source rock richness and net thickness using integrated inorganic, pyrolysis, and wireline data" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,318, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Workflow to predict source rock richness and net thickness using integrated inorganic, pyrolysis, and wireline data" was invented by Maimona Washie (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Fatai A. Anifowose (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to evaluate source rock richness is claimed. The method includes obtaining a source rock sample, collecting pyrolysis data from testing of the sample, filtering the pyrolysis data to produce a filtered pyrolysis data set, extracting a plurality of elements from their respective oxides and...