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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2024
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Hassan Sakar Alqahtani, Dhahran, SA;
Mohammed Khaled Al-Arfaj, Dhahran, SA;
Ali Hussain Alghiryafi, Dhahran, SA;
Mohammed Abdullah Alotaibi, Dhahran, SA;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/16 (2006.01); C09K 8/06 (2006.01); C09K 8/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 8/06 (2013.01); C09K 8/58 (2013.01); E21B 43/16 (2013.01); C09K 2208/10 (2013.01); C09K 2208/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Treatment fluids may be used in hydrocarbon extraction operations. Example methods of use of treatment fluids including nanoparticles may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation including a clay, the treatment fluid including a plurality of metal oxide nanoparticles dispersed in an aqueous fluid; and interacting the metal oxide nanoparticles with the clay in the subterranean formation to at least partially inhibit entry of the clay into the treatment fluid.