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Title:
SELECT-FIRE STACKABLE GUN SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/162308
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system and method of perforating by stacking a perforating string within a wellbore, then deploying the perforating string to a designated depth for detonating shaped charges in the perforating string. The string can be formed by anchoring a single perforating gun in the wellbore, then landing subsequent guns on one another atop the anchored gun. Wet connects on the ends of the perforating guns enable mechanical engagement of each adjacent gun as well as signal communication through the connections.

Inventors:
SAMPSON TIM W (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/038974
Publication Date:
March 28, 2013
Filing Date:
May 22, 2012
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Assignee:
BAKER HUGHES INC (US)
SAMPSON TIM W (US)
International Classes:
E21B43/17; E21B43/116; E21B43/263
Foreign References:
US5366014A1994-11-22
US20110024116A12011-02-03
US20090223400A12009-09-10
US20020100360A12002-08-01
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CARSON, Matt W. et al. (P.O. Box 4740Houston, Texas, US)
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