US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Sept. 8 for "Caprock integrity for geological CO 2 geosequestration" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,606, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Caprock integrity for geological CO 2 geosequestration" was invented by Hsieh Chen (Cambridge, Mass.) and Shitong Sherry Zhu (Waban, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for reinforcing caprock and enhancing caprock integrity for CO2 geosequestration. The methods and systems include a reaction between precursor chemicals and CO2 to form mineralization and/or gelation that reinforces the caprock and prevents leakage of geosequestered CO2. The precursor chemicals include bifunctional molecules comprising a first functional gr...