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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2006
Applicants:
Ian C. Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brenden M. Grove, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ian C. Walton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Brenden M. Grove, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A perforating system is disclosed having a perforating gun containing a plurality of radially-oriented shaped charges disposed along the longitudinal axis of the gun. Each charge, when detonated, produce a jet whose penetration velocity exceeds the acoustic velocity of the formation (i.e., target) material to be perforated. A method of operating such a perforating system is also provided, as is a shaped charge having the described characteristics.