US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Sept. 23 for "Combined carbon dioxide disposal and freshwater production from a saline aquifer" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,829, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Combined carbon dioxide disposal and freshwater production from a saline aquifer" was invented by Simon A. Stewart (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for sequestering carbon dioxide (CO2) while producing freshwater are provided. An exemplary method includes producing saline water from a saline aquifer, desalinating at least a portion of the saline water, producing freshwater and waste brine, mixing waste CO2 with the waste brine forming a brine/CO2 mixture, and injecting the brine/CO2 mixture into the sal...