US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Sept. 30 for "Method of enhancing carbon dioxide storage capacity in salt caverns" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,231, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of enhancing carbon dioxide storage capacity in salt caverns" was invented by Rajesh Goteti (Katy, Texas) and Hasmukh A. Patel (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed toward a method for storing carbon dioxide. The method for storing carbon dioxide comprises several steps. A dissolving fluid comprising water is injected into a salt formation to produce a brine and a salt cavern within the salt formation. The brine is then removed from the salt cavern. A sorbent is then placed within the salt cavern b...