US Patent Issued to XConnect on Sept. 9 for "Orienting perforating gun system, and method of orienting shots in a perforating gun assembly" (North Dakota, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,690, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to XConnect LLC (Denver).

"Orienting perforating gun system, and method of orienting shots in a perforating gun assembly" was invented by Shelby L. Sullivan (Minot, N.D.) and Joshua M. Scott (Katy, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A perforating gun system. The perforating gun system comprises a gun barrel housing, and a pair of tandem subs threadedly connected to the gun barrel housing at opposing ends. The perforating gun system also includes a rail. The rail defines an elongated frame having a plurality of receptacles, wherein each receptacle is configured to receive a shaped charge. A ball...