US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Aug. 5 for "Mobilizing heavy oil" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,859, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Mobilizing heavy oil" was invented by Sameeh Issa Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for producing hydrocarbons from a subsurface formation includes a main wellbore, a first lateral extending off the main wellbore, the first lateral configured to produce hydrocarbons from the subsurface formation to a ground surface through the main wellbore, a second lateral extending off the main wellbore, tubing extending down the main wellbore into the second lateral, and a tool attached to the tubing. The tool includes a sup...