Downhole perforation tool
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAli Al-Mashhad, Mohammed Al-Dabbous, Ali Al-Safwani, Rakan Al-Yateem
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AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAli Al-Mashhad, Mohammed Al-Dabbous, Ali Al-Safwani, Rakan Al-Yateem
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A downhole perforation drone includes a body comprising a material configured to dissolve over time. The body includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes one or more sensors to determine a depth and position of the drone within a wellbore, a communications system configured to exchange wireless signals with a surface device, a perforation charge circuit to cause perforation charges to ignite, and a microcontroller to perform operations, including causing the perforation charge circuit to ignite the perforation charges. The second portion includes a plurality of perforation charges, the plurality of perforation charges to ignite upon receiving an instruction from the perforation charge circuit. The microcontroller can determine the position of the drone within the wellbore from sensor information and automatically instruct the perforation charges to ignite based on the position of the downhole perforation drone within the wellbore.
A downhole perforation drone comprising:
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A method of perforating a wellbore comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.