LARGE SHAPED CHARGE PERFORATION TOOL

Abstract: a perforation tool features a container with a longitudinal axis; an initiator module in the container, the initiator module having a firing circuit, an electrical contact at the longitudinal axis, and a detonator housing; and a shaped charge frame in the container, the shaped charge frame having a first end; a second end opposite the first end; a recess for accepting a shaped charge between the first end and the second end, the recess having a wide end and a narrow end, wherein the longitudinal axis is between the wide end and the narrow end; a first electrical contact at the first end, the first electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; a second electrical contact at the second end, the second electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; an electrical conductor connecting the first and second contacts; and a ballistic pathway coupling the detonator housing to the narrow end of the recess.

Inventor(s): Andrew Prisbell, Erick Lowe, Hari Prakash Kalakonda, Jay Garza

CPC Classification: E21B43/117 (Perforators; Permeators)

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