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Capsule charge perforating system

US4739839A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 19, 1986
Grant dateApr 26, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/117
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A perforating gun apparatus includes an elongated radially resilient carrier with a plurality of capsule type shaped charges attached to the carrier in a circumferentially phased pattern. The carrier is capable of passing downward through restricted diameter openings and subsequently expanding so as to hold the shaped charges with a near zero standoff from the well bore which is to be perforated.

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