US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on July 28 for "Downhole membrane system to control natural gas production" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,451, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Downhole membrane system to control natural gas production" was invented by Khalid Yahya Hazazi (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling production of natural gas includes a membrane module comprising a membrane that permeates NGL over methane, separating natural gas into an NGL rich permeate and a methane rich retentate, carrying the permeate from the membrane module to a gas plant, carrying the retentate from the membrane module for injection into a storage zone where the retentate is stored when demand i...