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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Huseyin Rahmi Seren, Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Powell, Houston, TX (US);
Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Al Khobar, SA;
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/00 (2006.01); B63B 22/08 (2006.01); B63B 22/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/00 (2013.01); B63B 22/08 (2013.01); B63B 22/10 (2013.01); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05);
Abstract
An untethered device includes a tool and a ballast weight. The ballast weight includes an attachment plate that is securable to the tool, a dissolvable ballast, and attachment elements that secure the dissolvable ballast to the attachment plate. At least one of the attachment elements is dissolvable to release the dissolvable ballast from the attachment plate.