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Title: Method of detonating a perforating apparatus on a tubing including lowering one end of a pump and a firing head into the tubing

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5509155

This patent describes a method of perforating a well. It comprises: tubing string and lowering the tubing string, including the perforating gun, into a wellbore; attaching a firing head to one end of a pipe section and a pump to the other end of the pipe section and lowering the one end of the pipe section, including the firing head, into the tubing string; and detonating the firing head, the perforating gun perforating the well in response to detonation of the firing head.

Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corp., Houston, TX (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5058680; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-559128
OSTI ID:
5509155
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 26 Jul 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English