US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 16 for "Increasing hydrocarbon recovery in a multipurpose well" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,883, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Increasing hydrocarbon recovery in a multipurpose well" was invented by Abdulrahman K. Aleid (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for downhole separation of water from hydrocarbons in a wellbore can include a first seal limiting flow of fluids downhole in the wellbore and a second seal limiting flow of fluids uphole in the wellbore. A hydrocarbon separator is positioned to receive fluids present in the wellbore between the first seal and the second seal and discharge hydrocarbons into the wellbore uphole of the...