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US 12,110,770 B2Granted
Single or multi-fire semi-automatic perforation system and methods of use
AssigneeDefiant Engineering, LLC
InventorsStanley Jon Blois, Lawrence Gene Griffin, Ian Graham Janke, Cullen Craig Keyes
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Abstract
In one example, a method includes running a downhole system into a downhole environment that comprises a wellbore, and the downhole system is configured such that a reusable plug of the downhole system is positioned uphole of a perforation gun of the downhole system, then, with the perforation gun, perforating a casing at a stage of the wellbore, and the perforating is performed using a projectile, and the perforating is performed by firing the projectile from a chamber of the perforation gun.
Claims32
A method, comprising:
- running a downhole system into a downhole environment that comprises a wellbore, and the downhole system is configured such that a reusable plug of the downhole system is positioned uphole of a perforation gun of the downhole system;
- and
- with the perforation gun, perforating a casing at a stage of the wellbore, and the perforating is performed using a projectile,
- wherein the perforating is performed by firing the projectile from a chamber of the perforation gun.
1 more element
A method, comprising:
- running a downhole system into a downhole environment that comprises a wellbore, and the downhole system is configured such that a reusable plug of the downhole system is positioned uphole of a perforation gun of the downhole system;
- and
- with the perforation gun, and while the perforation gun remains in the wellbore, loading the perforation gun with a projectile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.