US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 7 for "System and method to prevent solids fallback in ESP-lifted wells using gel" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,608, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and method to prevent solids fallback in ESP-lifted wells using gel" was invented by Hattan M. Banjar (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Qasim Sahu (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes providing an electrical submersible pump assembly (ESP) with a pump, an intake, a gel canister, a protector, and a motor disposed in a casing. The method includes providing fluid communication between a production tubing and the ESP, the production tubing delivering well fluid containing solid particles and liquids from the ESP int...