Electromagnetic formed shaped charge liners
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsLeMoyne Boyer, James Anthony
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Abstract
A perforating apparatus according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure comprises a carrier adapted to be deployed in a wellbore; a shaped explosive charge mounted on the carrier, the shaped charge comprising an explosive disposed inside of a case; and a conically shaped liner having an apex and a base disposed with the explosive in the case, the liner comprising an electromagnetically formed portion. The electromagnetically formed portion may comprise a thickness at the apex that is different from a thickness at the base.
Claims12
A shaped charge, comprising;
- a liner having a portion formed by electromagnetic compaction, the electromagnetic compaction formed portion comprising:
- a first portion having a slot;
- and
- a second portion having a slot, wherein the slot of the second portion and the slot of the first portion are angularly offset from one another.
A perforating apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a carrier adapted to be deployed in a wellbore;
- a shaped explosive charge mounted on the carrier, the shaped charge comprising an explosive disposed inside of a case;
- and
- a conically shaped liner having an apex and a base disposed with the explosive in the case, the liner comprising a portion formed by electromagnetic compaction, the electromagnetic compaction formed portion comprising:
- a first portion having a slot;
- and
- a second portion having a slot, wherein the slot of the second portion and the slot of the first portion are angularly offset from one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.