ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,811, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Methods of repairing casings using a red mud sealant composition" was invented by Khawlah Alanqari (Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure methods of sealing casing-casing annual leaks and repairing casings using a sealant composition, including red mud, cement, an epoxy resin, and a crosslinker."

The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2025, under Application No. 19/010,584.

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