King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Murtada Al Jawad

Saad Al Afnan

Fahad Al-Ismail

Abdulaziz Al Majed

Sidqi A Abu-Khamsin

Theis Solling

Mahmoud Desouky

Saad Alafnan

A method of improving natural gas recovery from a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir includes at least one renewable energy source that is electrically coupled with a heat conducting element. The heat conducting element is positioned in a perforated section of a wellbore that traverses into the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir. A temperature of the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir is maintained above a cricondentherm temperature so that liquid condensation may be prevented at a final production time. In order to maintain the temperature within a required temperature range, an internal temperature, an internal pressure, and a set of reservoir properties are monitored and then utilized to plot a phase diagram that can be used to detect liquid condensation. If liquid condensation is detected, an electrical output of the renewable energy source is adjusted in order to control the temperature of the subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir at a producing end of a production tubing.

Subterranian hydrocarbon reservoir treatment method using wellbore heating

Method for recovering hydrocarbons from a wellbore using a conducting element with winding transformer

Natural gas extraction using renewable energy

Hydrocarbon recovery with magnetically coupled conducting surface

Method for detecting liquid condensation and recovering hydrocarbons

A method of increasing the strength of a carbonate rock is described. The carbonate rock may be located within a subterranean carbonate formation or may be located on a building exterior. The method involves contacting the carbonate rock with a composition comprising a zinc salt or a silicon alkoxide. This may increase the hardness of the carbonate rock by 10% or more.

Rock hardness for hydraulic fracturing and art preservation

A method of enhanced oil recovery of using an oil heating device that is permanently-installed at the end of a production pipe down a wellbore into the pay zone of an oil deposit. The oil heating device contains an array of individually-controlled heating elements controlled by a controller. The oil heating device may also contain a plurality of sensors including array temperature sensors, oil temperature sensors, and oil flow sensors connected to the controller.

Method of enhanced oil recovery using an oil heating device

Method for natural gas recovery from subterranean hydrocarbon reservoirs

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Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Murtada Al Jawad