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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2024
Applicant:
Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Huseyin Rahmi Seren, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/138 (2020.05); E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05);
Abstract
An untethered device includes a tool including circuitry, a ballast weight mechanically attached to the tool, and including a dissolvable ballast, and a sacrificial battery including a first electrode provided by the dissolvable ballast and an electrolytic solution provided by a fluid surrounding the untethered device. The sacrificial battery powers the circuitry.