US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on April 14 for "Laser milling and injection system for water coning remediation" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,234, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Laser milling and injection system for water coning remediation" was invented by Bader Alharbi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Sameeh Batarseh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ayman Almohsin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser milling and injection system operable to perform water shutoff operations in a wellbore includes a laser source, a source of a sealing gel mixture operable to cure into a bulk material, and a tool head insertable within the wellbore and operably coupled to the laser source and the source of the sealing ge...