US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on July 28 for "Determining effects of acoustic energy on fluid and rock interactions" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,269, issued on July 28, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Determining effects of acoustic energy on fluid and rock interactions" was invented by Abdullah M. Alharith (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for determining effects of acoustic energy on fluid and rock interactions include a housing including a housing body and a cover; an elastomeric base disposed within the housing body; a gasket disposed between the housing body and the cover when the cover is installed on the housing body; a cylinder simulating a wellbore protruding through the cover and a connection po...