US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 2 for "Characterizing rock properties with optical energy sources in a wellbore" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,075, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Characterizing rock properties with optical energy sources in a wellbore" was invented by Damian Pablo San Roman Alerigi (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Safiyah Alghamdi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Sameeh Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downhole tool system includes a bottom hole assembly that includes a connector; a laser head; a light source; a sensing assembly; and a controller. The connector is configured to couple to a downhole conveyance run into a wellbore to a reservoir rock formation. The laser head is configured...