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US 12,546,195 B1Granted
Discrete perforating device
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorCarlos Eduardo Guedes
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a discrete perforating device. The discrete perforating device includes a shaped charge having a casing, an explosive component, and a liner member. The discrete perforating device also includes an initiating mechanism configured to activate the explosive component. Further, the discrete perforating device include a housing that encapsulates the shaped charge and the initiating mechanism.
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A discrete perforating device, comprising:
- a single shaped charge comprising a casing, an explosive component, and a liner member;
- an initiating mechanism configured to initiate detonation of the explosive component of the single shaped charge;
- and
- a round housing that encapsulates the single shaped charge and the initiating mechanism, the round housing being configured to roll in a wellbore, and the round housing having a ball-shape, an ovoid shape, an ellipsoidal shape, or a spherical shape.
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A perforating device system, comprising:
- a plurality of discrete perforating devices, each comprising:
- a round housing having a curved outer surface that encapsulates a single shaped charge having an explosive component positioned within an interior volume of the round housing, an initiating mechanism configured to activate the explosive component, and a directional biasing component,
- wherein the round housing is configured to roll along the curved outer surface in a wellbore, and the round housing has a ball-shape, an ovoid shape, an ellipsoidal shape, or a spherical shape, and
- wherein the directional biasing component is configured to bias the round housing to roll along the curved outer surface toward a particular direction of a shooting orientation of the single shaped charge in the wellbore.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a plurality of discrete perforating devices, wherein each discrete perforating device comprises a round housing that holds a single shaped charge having an explosive component, the round housing being configured to roll in a wellbore, and the round housing having a ball-shape, an ovoid shape, an ellipsoidal shape, or a spherical shape;
- deploying the plurality of discrete perforating devices within the wellbore;
- and
- performing a perforation operation subsequent to deploying the plurality of discrete perforating devices within the wellbore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.