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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Freeman L. Hill, Houston, TX (US);
Tim W. Sampson, Spring, TX (US);
John D. Macpherson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Freeman L. Hill, Houston, TX (US);
Tim W. Sampson, Spring, TX (US);
John D. Macpherson, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/119 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A perforating system, comprising a perforating gun with shaped charges, and a pre-detonation orientation apparatus and method. The pre-detonation orientation device comprises an orientation device in communication with the firing means of the perforating gun. Detonation of the shaped charges can be contingent upon the perforating gun orientation.