US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on May 27 for "Fracture reactivation index (FRI) for seal integrity analysis in carbon capture and storage (CCS)" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,951, issued on May 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Fracture reactivation index (FRI) for seal integrity analysis in carbon capture and storage (CCS)" was invented by Otto Meza Camargo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Waheed Arshad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Karla Olvera Carranza (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A determination of caprock integrity in naturally fractured reservoirs for fluid injection such as carbon capture and storage (CCS). The caprock integrity and seal integrity is determined via a fracture reactivation index (FRI). A mechanical earth model is determined to quantif...