Patent ID: 11898436
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 10:
11. A method for a well, the method comprising:
installing a sliding sleeve into a tubular body, the sliding sleeve having a ball landing seat, a microchip ring, a plurality of microchips, and a hydraulic piston;
pumping a ball into the ball landing seat to move the sliding sleeve, the ball reducing a cross sectional area of a flow path;
triggering the hydraulic piston through movement of the sliding sleeve;
releasing the plurality of microchips from the microchip ring into the well through an exit groove in the tubular body using the hydraulic piston;
receiving the ball in a ball catcher;
dissolving the ball and the ball catcher using a fluid; and
gathering data of the well using the plurality of microchips.