RockJet charges first to be validated using API’s new test protocol; developed and tested using real world conditions to optimize downhole performance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - HOUSTON – March 20, 2023 – Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) today introduced the RockJet™ family of reservoir-optimized shaped charges. The RockJet family of charges was developed at the Advanced Perforating Flow Laboratory at the Halliburton Jet Research Center using real rock under downhole conditions to optimize downhole performance. Halliburton’s RockJet charges are the first certified using the American Petroleum Institute’s new perforation witnessed test protocol.
The charges allow operators to enhance well productivity by providing optimum reservoir connectivity through deeper formation penetration and a larger perforation tunnel diameter downhole. RockJet shaped charges help increase production and improve well productivity and injectivity by improving reservoir contact through deep and clean tunnels that extend beyond the damage zone. When tested at downhole conditions, they delivered 22% higher penetration and an 83% increase in area open to flow.
“The RockJet family demonstrates our commitment to develop innovative technologies that drive increased production for our customers,” said Chris Tevis, vice president of Wireline and Perforating services, Halliburton. “In the perforating business, optimizing penetration depth and flow area is the key. A lot of companies may have charges that are tested on the surface, but how they perform in downhole conditions is difficult to prove. By following the API’s new test protocol, we can provide our customers with confidence that the RockJet charges, custom engineered at JRC’s Advanced Perforating Flow Lab, will perform downhole.”
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