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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Orbital Atk, Inc., Dulles, VA (US);
Paul C. Braithwaite, Brigham City, UT (US);
Michael E. Adams, Brigham City, UT (US);
Orbital ATK, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
Downhole stimulation devices include an energetic material disposed within a housing and an initiator for igniting the energetic material. The initiator may comprise a shaped charge configured to produce a projectile to penetrate the energetic material to ignite the energetic material. The housing of the device may comprise a continuous outer surface. Methods of operating a downhole stimulation device include initiating an energetic material disposed within a housing of the stimulation device in order to burn the energetic material in a laterally extending direction transverse to a depth of a borehole in which the stimulation device is disposed.