US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Oct. 21 for "System and method for real-time drilling fluids pH measuring utilizing electrolyte insulator semiconductor field-effect sensors" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,395, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method for real-time drilling fluids pH measuring utilizing electrolyte insulator semiconductor field-effect sensors" was invented by Abeer Ateeq Alarawi (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Rami Adel Sindi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring pH of a drilling fluid in a downhole drilling environment are disclosed. The system includes wireless pH sensing devices dispersed in the drilling fluid and circulated through a borehole. The wireless pH sensing devices include a capsule shell for protect...