ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,385, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for downhole chemical storage for well mitigation and reservoir treatments" was invented by Eyad Ali Alali (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Abdullah Bataweel (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes providing a well extending underground from a surface, using radial drilling to drill a primary tunnel extending in an outwardly direction from the well at a first axial location along the well, installing a chemical storage assembly in the primary tunne...