US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on May 27 for "Catalysts that include a fibrous silica support and metal oxide nanoparticles and methods of making and using same" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,341, issued on May 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Catalysts that include a fibrous silica support and metal oxide nanoparticles and methods of making and using same" was invented by Nouf Aljabri (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to catalysts that include a fibrous silica support and a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles including iron oxide and nickel oxide, and methods of making and using such catalysts. The fibrous silica support is a particle with radially extending fibers. The catalyst can used to convert methane into hydrogen gas. The catalysts can...