US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on July 29 for "System and method for generating hydrogen and enhancing wellbore injectivity and hydrocarbon recovery" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,979, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method for generating hydrogen and enhancing wellbore injectivity and hydrocarbon recovery" was invented by Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating hydrogen and enhancing wellbore injectivity and hydrocarbon recovery includes at least one wellbore having hydrocarbons, an injector for injecting an enriched aqueous fluid into the wellbore, a fluid sensor located at a target zone of the wellbore, an ignition source located at the target zone, and a hydrogen-permeable membrane l...