US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Feb. 25 for "Closing inflow control device using dissolvable balls and plugs" (Saudi Arabia, Pakistani Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,708, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Closing inflow control device using dissolvable balls and plugs" was invented by Qadir Looni (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mousa (Baluchistan, Pakistan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for closing inflow control devices (ICDs) using dissolvable balls and plugs includes ICDs, each of which can be installed at a respective fluid producing zone of a subterranean zone to control flow of well fluids from the respective fluid producing zone into a wellbore. The assembly includes compartments corresponding to the ICDs, each to b...