Unibody gun housing, tool string incorporating same, and method of assembly

C Eitschberger, A Shahinpour, GU Burmeister… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
A perforating gun housing includes a housing wall extending between a first housing portion
defining a chamber, and a second housing portion defining a bore. The housing wall …

Downhole perforating gun tube and components

D Mauldin, SW Mauldin - US Patent 11,624,266, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A gun tube for a downhole perforating gun assembly includes a body
having a cavity and one or more weights in the cavity. Gravity acts on the weights, which …

Perforating gun assembly and method for controlling wellbore pressure regimes during perforating

C Van Le, DR Barlow, JA Nelson - US Patent 8,807,003, 2014 - Google Patents
A method comprises providing a gun string assembly within a wellbore and perforating the
wellbore using the gun string assembly. The gun string assembly comprises a plurality of …

Modular perforating gun systems and methods

BV Knight, JE Kash, R Ward - US Patent 11,215,041, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A perforating gun deployable in a wellbore. The perforating gun may
include an outer sleeve including a central passage, and a plurality of separate perforating …

Downhole perforating gun tube and components

D Mauldin, SW Mauldin - US Patent 11,078,762, 2021 - Google Patents
A gun tube for a downhole perforating gun assembly includes a body having a cavity and
one or more weights in the cavity. Gravity acts on the weights, which causes the tube body to …

Perforating gun assembly with rotating shaped charge holder

C Eitschberger, GU Burmeister… - US Patent App. 17 …, 2022 - Google Patents
A shaped charge positioning device may include a shaped charge holder, an initiator holder
coupled to the shaped charge holder via a first rotation coupling, and a shaped charge …

Reusable perforating gun system and method

BV Knight, JE Kash, JN Wells - US Patent 11,236,591, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method including (a) lowering a first tool string into a first wellbore, the
tool string including a first perforating gun and a gun switch configured to detonate the first …

Flexible Tubular Sub, and Method of Running a Tool String Into a Wellbore

A Holmberg, SL Sullivan - US Patent App. 16/800,395, 2020 - Google Patents
A flexible tubular sub comprising a cylindrical body. The tubular sub has a first end and an
opposing second end, with each end having threads. The threads may be female threads …

Perforating gun assembly and method for controlling wellbore pressure regimes during perforating

C Van Le, DR Barlow, JA Nelson - US Patent 8,555,764, 2013 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A downhole tool gun string assembly comprises a first per forating gun
operable to generate a first pressure at a first location in a wellbore, wherein the first …

Perforating Gun Fabricated from Composite Metallic Material

A Werner, I Walton, B Grove, P Kneisl - US Patent App. 11/464,632, 2007 - Google Patents
A perforating gun and method of manufacture is provided for downhole perforation
operations in a wellbore. The perforating gun includes tubular components fabricated from a …