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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Lemoyne Boyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Anthony, Missouri City, TX (US);
LeMoyne Boyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
James Anthony, Missouri City, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
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.