US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on March 11 for "Sustainable non-hydraulic cement composition and methods of such cements in subterranean cementing operations" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,158, issued on March 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Sustainable non-hydraulic cement composition and methods of such cements in subterranean cementing operations" was invented by Elizabeth Q. Contreras (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a cementitious material includes combining a reaction mixture to form a slurry and curing the slurry to form the cementitious material. The reaction mixture may include a mineral mixture, an organic compound, and CO2. The mineral mixture may include calcium and the organic compound may be 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine, methyl salicylate, o...