Jul 1, 2025

US12345138 - Well perforator evaluation system and method

A testing system for a shaped charge of a perforating gun, the testing system including a housing; a casing assembly located inside the housing; a perforating gun having at least one shaped charge, the perforating gun being located within the casing assembly; a sample material located within the housing, and in direct contact with the casing assembly; a wellbore accumulator in direct contact with the casing assembly and configured to supply a first fluid, at a wellbore pressure, inside the casing assembly; and a formation accumulator in direct contact with the sample material and configured to supply a second fluid, at a formation pressure, on the sample material.

Assignee: GEODYNAMICS, INC.
Inventors: Seth Powers, Michael D. Wroblicky, Chris Pool, Jarrod Henry Pearson, John T. Hardesty
Filing date: 2021-07-30

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The patent describes a testing system designed to evaluate the impact of a shaped charge from a perforating gun on a metal plate, utilizing a housing, a casing assembly, and various accumulators for fluid supply. It includes a concave metal plate positioned to face the shaped charge, secured by a jet arrester block within the housing.

Claim 1

A testing system for testing an impact of a shaped charge on a metal plate, the testing system comprising: a housing; a perforating gun located within the housing and having a shaped charge; a concave metal plate located adjacent to the perforating gun and facing the shaped charge; and a jet arrester block located within the housing and holding the concave metal plate. a housing; a perforating gun located within the housing and having a shaped charge; a concave metal plate located adjacent to the perforating gun and facing the shaped charge; and a jet arrester block located within the housing and holding the concave metal plate.

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