US Patent Issued to Weatherford Technology Holdings on June 30 for "Systems and methods to increase the durability of carbonate reservoir acidizing" (Saudi Arabia, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,046, issued on June 30, was assigned to Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Systems and methods to increase the durability of carbonate reservoir acidizing" was invented by Mohammadreza Safariforoshani (Houston) and Francisco Fragachan (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for predicting and optimizing the effects of acidizing treatment of carbonate rock are disclosed. The disclosed methods predict the conflicting effects of increased production (i.e., wormhole creation) and reduced rock compressive strength due to acid rock reactions. The mechanical stability of stimulated wellbores,...