Patent ID: 11933142
Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 9:
10. A method of configuring an instrumented dart at a wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising:
transporting a dart assembly to the wellsite i) in an unassembled state or ii) in a partially assembled state;
selecting one or more downhole environmental properties to measure;
configuring one or more environmental sensors in a combined instrument sub to measure the one or more downhole environmental properties, and wherein configuring the one or more environmental sensors comprises programming a processor to gather datasets of the one or more downhole environmental properties selected via the one or more environmental sensors;
selecting a communication system; and
assembling the dart assembly to a fully assembled state, wherein the dart assembly comprises the combined instrument sub and the communication system;
placing the dart assembly into the wellbore during a pumping operation; and
at the end of the pumping operation, abandoning the wiper assembly comprising the instrument sub in the wellbore or drilling out the wiper assembly comprising the instrument sub from the wellbore.