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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2005
Matthew Robert George Bell, Houston, TX (US);
Eugene Murphy, Houston, TX (US);
Edward Paul Cernocky, Mandeviille, LA (US);
Christopher Burres, Houston, TX (US);
Aron Ekelund, Houston, TX (US);
Allen Lindfors, Inyokern, CA (US);
Matthew Robert George Bell, Houston, TX (US);
Eugene Murphy, Houston, TX (US);
Edward Paul Cernocky, Mandeviille, LA (US);
Christopher Burres, Houston, TX (US);
Aron Ekelund, Houston, TX (US);
Allen Lindfors, Inyokern, CA (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for perforating a casing string including a first module and a second module, each including a gun assembly. The first module is positioned longitudinally adjacent the second module on the casing string. Each module contains a firing assembly for igniting the gun assembly in the first module, a remote signaler to remotely detonate the firing assembly, and ballistic transfer assembly for igniting the gun assembly in the second module. The ballistic transfer assembly includes a booster charge.