US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Sept. 9 for "Nanoparticle fluids for an AI-assisted water alternating gas process" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,359, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Nanoparticle fluids for an AI-assisted water alternating gas process" was invented by Uchenna Odi (Missouri City, Texas) and Nouf Jabri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment fluid including an aqueous colloid containing a first surfactant and a plurality of nanoparticles encapsulated by a second surfactant. A method for preparing a treatment fluid including mixing a plurality of metallic oxide nanoparticles with a first surfactant to form an intermediate solution. A second surfactant is added to the intermediate so...