ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,525, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hybrid frac completion" was invented by Khalid Mohammed Alruwaili (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Murtadha J. Altammar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Ayman Mohammed Almohsin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Waheed Syed Arshad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for hybrid frac completion include installing a hybrid completion system in a well and, in each zone of a first plurality of zones for plug & perf completion: activating an outer shroud of expanding shape memory polymer (SMP) around a liner, and perforating, using a per...