US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Aug. 11 for "Carbon dioxide sequestration in encapsulated salt minibasins" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,045, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Carbon dioxide sequestration in encapsulated salt minibasins" was invented by Markus Albertz (The Woodlands, Texas) and Rajesh Goteti (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for carbon dioxide sequestration may comprise: introducing a fluid stream comprising carbon dioxide into an encapsulated salt minibasin, the encapsulated salt minibasin being surrounded by a salt barrier defining one or more boundaries thereof; and storing carbon dioxide from the fluid stream within the encapsulated salt minibasin after introduction thereto, th...