US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Nov. 18 for "Metal oxide nanoshale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluids" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,481, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Metal oxide nanoshale inhibitors for water-based drilling fluids" was invented by Hassan Sakar Alqahtani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Khaled Al-Arfaj (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Ali Hussain Alghiryafi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed Abdullah Alotaibi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment fluids may be used in hydrocarbon extraction operations. Example methods of use of treatment fluids including nanoparticles may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation including a clay, the treatmen...