US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on May 26 for "Development of geopolymer cements utilizing red mud for primary well cementing applications" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,608, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Development of geopolymer cements utilizing red mud for primary well cementing applications" was invented by Khawlah A. Alanqari (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah Al-Yami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammad Alharthi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition and method for well cementing are provided. The composition comprises a geopolymer slurry that is prepared by mixing a particulate material comprising ground red mud, an alkaline activator, an aqueous solvent, and a SiO2 source material added to produce a geopolyme...