ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,722, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Systems and methods for well perforation" was invented by Jehad K. Eldemellawi (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Faisal M. Alissa (Al-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Well perforation methods of the present disclosure may comprise introducing a perforation bullet into a wellbore comprising a well casing, the wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; wherein the perforation bullet comprises a housing; an explosive within the housing, the explosive comprising amorphous porous silicon; and an igniter within the housing physically...