US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Feb. 3 for "Method for managing sanding volume expectation in weak sandstone based on plastic zone volume" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,886, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for managing sanding volume expectation in weak sandstone based on plastic zone volume" was invented by Yanhui Han (Houston) and Feng Liang (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method for managing an expectation on sanding volume in weak sandstone. In situ data related to a region of sandstone proximate a well is acquired. Measured property data corresponding to samples from the region of sandstone are obtained, and a chemical consolidation treatment is performed on the samples. Chemical consolidation treatment da...