US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Jan. 20 for "Systems and methods for analyzing natural gas flow in subterranean reservoirs" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,638, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Systems and methods for analyzing natural gas flow in subterranean reservoirs" was invented by Huangye Chen (Cypress, Texas) and Hui-Hai Liu (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for analyzing and modeling natural gas flow in subterranean shale reservoirs. In some embodiments, methodologies and techniques for determining and modeling natural gas flow in shale formations using methodologies and techniques capable of determining natural gas properties related to dual-continuum flow, permeability, and pressure within a subte...