US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on Sept. 30 for "Perforating gun with self-orienting perforating charges" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,938, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Perforating gun with self-orienting perforating charges" was invented by Jason Karl Cook (Alvarado, Texas), Jason Paul Metzger (Alvarado, Texas), Randall Scott Moore (Carrollton, Texas) and Matthew Craig Mlcak (Alvarado, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun is disclosed with shaped charges at a preferential orientation. An example includes a gun body and a charge carrier disposed within the gun body. The charge carrier defines a longitudinal carrier axis and has a plurality of axially-spaced charge mounting locations. A plurality ...