US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Nov. 25 for "Material and method for flow diversion in proppant fracturing" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,037, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Material and method for flow diversion in proppant fracturing" was invented by Qasim Sahu (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed I. Alabdrabalnabi (Al Qatif, Saudi Arabia) and Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ferromagnetic proppant including 3D cross particle core and a ferromagnetic material. Methods of increasing the permeability of a subterranean zone, and methods of enhancing heavy oil recovery."

The patent was filed on April 24, 2024, under Application No. 18/644,325.

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