US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Oct. 27 for "Methods of repairing casings using a red mud sealant composition" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,408, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Methods of repairing casings using a red mud sealant composition" was invented by Khawlah Alanqari (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia) and Abdullah Saleh Hussain Al-Yami (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sealant compositions having a combination of red mud, an epoxy resin, and a crosslinker may form hard, rigid gels that can be used to seal casing-casing annual leaks and repair casings. Sealant compositions having a combination of red mud, an epoxy resin, and a crosslinker may produce materials with desirable mechanical, thermal, and che...