US 12,281,547 B2
Perforation tool with propulsion
Andrew Prisbell, Sugar Land, TX (US); Atsushi Nakano, Sugar Land, TX (US); and Hari Prakash Kalakonda, Andhra Pradesh (IN)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/475,806.
Application 18/475,806 is a continuation of application No. 17/654,608, filed on Mar. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,781,403.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/160,456, filed on Mar. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0018852 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/117 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/119 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/117 (2013.01) [E21B 23/001 (2020.05); E21B 43/119 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A perforation assembly comprising:
a perforation tool;
a first propulsion unit coupled to the perforation tool at a first end of the perforation tool and configured to provide a first thrust to the perforation assembly in a desired direction; and
a second propulsion unit coupled to the perforation tool at a second end of the perforation tool and configured to provide a second thrust to the perforation assembly in the desired direction, wherein the first propulsion unit and the second propulsion unit are configured to operate independently and at the same time to provide the first thrust and the second thrust, respectively, to the perforation assembly in the desired direction.