US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Feb. 3 for "Measuring bottom-hole temperature with smart polymers" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,547, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Measuring bottom-hole temperature with smart polymers" was invented by Mohammed Albassam (Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia), Arturo Magana Mora (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Aljubran (Sayhat, Saudi Arabia) and Peter Boul (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include techniques for using smart polymers. Units of smart polymers with heat sensitivity are inserted by a monitoring system into drilling fluid pumped into a well. The smart polymers are configured to be triggered by exposure...