Perforating gun assembly and methods of use

A perforating gun assembly comprising:

• a first group of shaped charges on a first longitudinal portion of the assembly, the first group of shaped charges comprising at least two shaped charges arranged to generate jets oriented substantially along respective axes that converge towards one another in a first convergence plane;
• a second group of shaped charges on a second longitudinal portion of the assembly, the second group of shaped charges comprising at least two shaped charges arranged to generate jets oriented substantially along respective axes that converge towards one another in a second convergence plane;
• a first detonator for detonating the shaped charges of the first group of shaped charges to form a first perforation channel in a wellbore with a defined first fracture initiation point;
• a second detonator for detonating the shaped charges of the second group of shaped charges to form a second perforation channel in the wellbore with a defined second, fracture initiation point, wherein the second perforation channel overlaps with the first perforation channel in an axial direction of the wellbore;
• an anchor for securing the perforating gun assembly in the wellbore with the first group of shaped charges adjacent the wellbore at a perforation location;
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• a positioning and alignment module configured to translate the perforating gun assembly in the wellbore to a second axial position, which locates the second group of shaped charges adjacent the wellbore at the perforation location such that the position of the second group of shaped charges orients the shaped charges towards a defined second fracture initiation point;
• wherein the first and second planes of convergence are rotationally offset from one another around a longitudinal axis of the perforating gun assembly;
• and wherein, in the second axial position, the second group of shaped charges are oriented to form a second perforation channel in the wellbore which overlaps with the first perforation channel in an axial direction of the wellbore, which is rotationally offset from the first perforation channel around a longitudinal axis of the wellbore, and which forms a defined second fracture initiation point at a desired axial position with respect to the first fracture initiation point.