US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on May 12 for "Lost circulation compositions comprising red mud" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,274, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Lost circulation compositions comprising red mud" was invented by Khawlah Alanqari (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah Al-Yami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammad Alharthi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to lost circulation material (LCM) compositions capable of forming geopolymers, said LCM compositions comprising red mud, a silica source, a developed alkaline activator (DAA), and an aqueous source, and methods and systems related thereto for treating a lost circulation zone within a subterranean f...