US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL, KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS on March 31 for "Modified silica nanoparticle and methods of synthesis" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,241, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Modified silica nanoparticle and methods of synthesis" was invented by Norah Aljeaban (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Bader Alharbi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Tawfik A. Saleh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Tamim Alshehri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silica nanoparticles grafted with hydrophobic branches and amines may be used to mitigate corrosion. For example, method for mitigating corrosion downhole may include introducing a treatment fluid into a subterr...