US 11,988,080 B2
Perforating system orientation apparatus and method of orienting perforating guns
Jason Karl Cook, Crowley, TX (US); and Jeffery Richard Acker, Duncanville, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,775.
Prior Publication US 2024/0110468 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 43/119 (2006.01); E21B 43/117 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/119 (2013.01) [E21B 43/117 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
17. A method of aligning a perforating gun in a wellbore, comprising:
securing a landing housing within the wellbore;
mounting a perforating gun system to a latch assembly at a desired angular orientation, wherein the perforating gun system is secured to the latch assembly via an indexing thread, wherein the indexing thread is configured to secure the perforating gun to the latch assembly at an adjustable angular orientation;
lowering the latch assembly into the wellbore;
sliding the latch assembly into the landing housing, wherein the latch assembly is configured to couple to the landing housing in response to at least one key feature of the latch assembly being circumferentially aligned with at least one corresponding slot feature of the landing housing;
raising the latch assembly to a position uphole from the landing housing in response to the latch assembly sliding through the landing housing, wherein the latch assembly is configured to slide through the landing housing in response to misalignment of the at least one key feature and the at least one corresponding slot feature;
indexing the latch assembly to another angular orientation with respect to the landing housing; and
sliding the latch assembly into the landing housing.