What are the Advantages of Using a Perforating Gun?
Perforation is an important in the petroleum exploration. It is also used to improve the recovery of oil and gas wells. In perforating processes, perforating bullets make use of perforating gun pipes as gun carrier for positioning the direction of perforation and protect oil casing in the explosion procedure.
The need for its performance and quality, particularly its transverse impact durability needs are extremely strict. Steel tube for perforating gun is mostly put to use for producing the body of the perforating gun in gas and oil wells.
The steel grade and standards comprise 33Mn2V, API SPEC 5CT and 32CrMo4. Perforating gun pipe has spearhead, gun-barrel, sealing element, gun breech, and other components.
A perforating gun is put to use in well bore perforating in the natural gas and oil industries for tying a bore hole with a storing horizon in which a storage reservoir of natural gas or oil is positioned.
A perforating gun contains an outer gun carrier, in the interior of which there are perforators, frequently hollow or projectile charges shooting outward through the gun carrier post detonation. Penetration holes continue in the gun carrier post the shot as well.
For igniting the perforators, there is a detonating cord which leads to the carrier of the gun coupled to a detonator. Diverse perforating situations often need different density of charges or lengths of the gun.
Furthermore, it is sometimes necessary that the perforators shooting outward from the gun carrier be focused in diverse directions along the barrel length. So, phasing might be needed between diverse guns along the length.
A perforating gun is provided with the combinations of apparatuses such as, a self-centralizing charge holder system, top connector, and a bottom connector that can double as a spacer. Any count of spacers can be put to use with any number of holders for any desired metric or imperial shot density, phase and length gun system.
More predominantly, more than a few perforating gun components, modularly assembled into a perforation gun system, the gun itself, a perforation gun system kit, and a technique for assembling a perforation gun system are usually described.
What are the Advantages of Making Use of a Perforating Gun?
Steel tube of the gun is made from 32CrMo4 and 25Mn2V materials. Post testing, its performance, measurement and examination all comply with the set requirements.
The size of perforating gun pipe will alter slightly due to heat and straightening, particularly the end diameter of the pipe will reduce somewhat. Cutting 2 pipe ends can get you over the issue of pipe end reduction for attaining customers’ requirements for the dimensional precision and for meeting the needs of tech specifications for the steel tube for the gun.
Coming to a Conclusion
There are various technological advancements in perforating gun systems, and that is the reason, the demand for the same is on the rise and will reach a value of USD 1,733 million, by the end of this decade.
The research offers market size of the perforating gun market for the period 2017–2030.
Market Segmentation by Type
Expendable
Semi-expendable
Retrievable
Market Segmentation by Gun Type
Through Tubing Hollow Carrier Gun System
Wireline Conveyed Casing Gun System
Through Tubing Exposed Gun System
Tubing Conveyed Perforation System
Market Segmentation by Orientation
Internal
External
Market Segmentation by Explosives
Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine (RDX)
Cyclotetramethylene Trinitramine (HMX)
Hexanitrosilbene (HNS)
Market Segmentation by Depth
Up to 3,000 ft.
3,001 – 8,000 ft.
Above 8,000 ft.
Market Segmentation by Pressure
High Pressure
Low Pressure
Market Segmentation by Well Type
Horizontal Well
Vertical Well
Market Segmentation by Application
Onshore
Offshore
Source: P&S Intelligence