Patent · US Expired

Tubing conveyed perforating assembly safety device

US4673033A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1985
Grant dateJun 16, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/116
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

For use in a tubing conveyed perforating gun assembly, the assembly including N shaped charges, a safety device is disclosed. In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, the safety device includes an N+1 shaped charge positioned to destroy a transmitter means forming a signal transmitted up the well. The transmitter means is secured within a cylindrical housing closed by a sacrificial cover, all assembled to the TCP gun assembly.

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