ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,979, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Placing wells in a subsurface formation" was invented by Abdulrahman Almulhim (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Babatunde Moriwawon (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for placing a well in a subsurface formation include obtaining reservoir properties from the subsurface formation; determining an area of interest based on the reservoir properties and a free water level or an oil-water contact in the subsurface formation; determining sweet spot areas in the area of interest based on the reservoir properties; identi...