US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Feb. 25 for "Exothermic drilling fluid composition and method of use" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,704, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Exothermic drilling fluid composition and method of use" was invented by Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al Mulhem (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a drilling fluid composition with enhanced hole cleaning properties and a method of its use. Following an indication of sticking of a drill pipe during a drilling operation, a drilling fluid composition, including a first exothermic reactant, is injected into a subterranean formation. Then, a drilling fluid composition, including a second exothermic reactant, is injected int...