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AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJim Basuki SURJAATMADJA, Stanley V. STEPHENSON, Bryan John LEWIS, Tim H. HUNTER, James Marshall BARKER
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Electrically ignitable and electrically controllable explosive material (EIECEM) may be disposed within a shaped charge for deployment downhole. An explosion of the EIECEM is controlled by limiting the duration of excitation at the EIECEM, for example, the duration that an electrical source provides an electrical charge, electrical current or electrical signal. The shaped charge may be insulated from an electrical source to prevent explosion of the EIECEM and coupled to the electrical source to create ignite or explode the EIECEM. A plurality of shaped charges may be disposed downhole and may be ignited or exploded in any suitable order. The EIECEM may be ignited multiple times such that multiple explosions are created. The explosion of the EIECEM creates or extends a perforation or fracture in a formation. The shaped charges may be arranged to create a shaped perforation or fracture, such as a slot-shaped fracture.
A method for creating a perforation in a subterranean formation using electrically ignitable and electrically controllable explosive material (EIECEM), comprising:
An electrically ignitable and electrically controllable explosive material (EIECEM) downhole system, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
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