Perforating gun and ballistic interrupter for same
US12215577B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42D1/05
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
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Abstract
A perforating gun used in oil and gas completions operations, the perforating gun including a ballistic interrupter actuable from a disarmed state or configuration, in which ballistic communication between a detonator and a detonation cord is impeded, to an armed state or configuration, in which ballistic communication between the detonator and the detonating cord is permitted. A gun string includes the perforating gun and one or more additional perforating guns substantially identical to the perforating gun.
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