Optimizing charge phasing of a perforating gun
US6397947B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B43/119
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method includes arranging shaped charges in a perforating gun to produce perforation holes in a helical pattern that is defined in part by a phase angle; and choosing four adjacent perforation holes to be created that are adjacent nearest neighbors. The distances are determined between three of the four adjacent perforation holes to be created. A standard deviation is minimized between the three adjacent perforation holes. The phase angle is set based on the minimization.
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