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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2021
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Andrew Prisbell, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Erick Lowe, Clamart, FR;
Hari Prakash Kalakonda, Pune, IN;
Jay Garza, La Marque, TX (US);
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A perforation tool features a container with a longitudinal axis; an initiator module in the container, the initiator module having a firing circuit, an electrical contact at the longitudinal axis, and a detonator housing; and a shaped charge frame in the container, the shaped charge frame having a first end; a second end opposite the first end; a recess for accepting a shaped charge between the first end and the second end, the recess having a wide end and a narrow end, wherein the longitudinal axis is between the wide end and the narrow end; a first electrical contact at the first end, the first electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; a second electrical contact at the second end, the second electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; an electrical conductor connecting the first and second contacts; and a ballistic pathway coupling the detonator housing to the narrow end of the recess.