CASE STUDY: Electronic firing system successfully initiates 222 ft (68 m) of large OD guns in extreme conditions DEEP WATER

Wireline and Perforating

Halliburtons innovative MaxFire technology meets operators

perforating challenges in Gulf
Precise, safe, and adaptable electronic firing system initiates more than 222 ft (68 m) of guns
in extreme conditions
Location: Gulf of Mexico

Overview

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A Gulf of Mexico operator needed to perforate a long interval of large
OD guns in a deepwater well at a depth where standard perforating
solutions were not feasible due to extreme downhole conditions,
including high pressure and corrosive fluid. There were concerns
about exceeding the pressure limitations of other downhole tools,
equipment, and shock loads from the gun during the perforating event.
Through close collaboration with Halliburton, the operator agreed to
use the MaxFire memory-based electronic firing system (EFS) because
of its safety, flexibility, and ability to be actuated at low pressure.
The MaxFire EFS provided the option to perforate the well, while
withstanding extreme downhole conditions and shock loads from the
222-ft (68-m) long, large OD guns (6-in. 14 SPF).

The MaxFire eletronic firing system has the

capability to withstand extreme shock loads and
downhole conditions in the Gulf of Mexico.

CHALLENGES SOLUTIONS RESULTS

Operator needed to perforate its
deepwater well at a depth standard
perforating solutions could not be
used due to high pressure
The MaxFire EFS was used and is
pressure rated to an industry-leading
40,000 psi (275 MPa), but can be set
up to actuate with low pressure. This
allowed Halliburton to perforate the
well without exceeding pressure
limitations of other downhole tools
and equipment
Perforated the zone of interest
at 25,586 ft (7,799 m) TVD with a
temperature of 270F (132C) and
pressure of 19,690 psi (1,358 bar). This
was accomplished with a 1,263 psi
(87 bar) overbalance. Perforated with
low actuating pressure

Perforating long interval with large OD
guns in extreme downhole conditions
Performed ShockProTM modeling for
this job to identify and ensure that
MaxFire EFS could withstand the shock
loads generated from this long interval
of guns right after it perforates the well
The MaxFire EFS performed as
designed to initiate the perforation
string, while withstanding extreme
downhole conditions and shock loads
from the 222-ft (68-m) long large
OD guns

Solving challenges.
 CASE STUDY: Electronic firing system successfully initiates 222 ft (68 m) of large OD guns in extreme conditions

The MaxFire electronic firing system withstands extreme downhole conditions and
shock loads
A Gulf of Mexico operator needed to perforate a long interval of guns with large OD in a deepwater well at a depth where
standard perforating solutions could not be used due to extreme downhole conditions. Because of these downhole conditions
(high pressure and corrosive fluid), the operator was worried about exceeding the pressure limitations of other downhole tools,
equipment, and shock loads from the gun during the perforating event. They needed a safe, flexible, and precise low actuating
pressure firing system.

The operator collaborated with Halliburton for a solution. The MaxFire

memory-based electronic firing system (EFS) was the answer to meet
these challenges. The MaxFire EFS is a safe, precise, and adaptable
electronic firing system that can initiate a gun system through a
predetermined sequence of pressure cycles. Firing can be aborted with
reset pressure, at any time, and the tool can last up to 30 days in extreme

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downhole conditionsthe highest in the market. It can either be run
on top or bottom of the gun. ShockProTM modeling was used for this job
to identify and ensure that MaxFire EFS could survive the shock loads
generated from this long interval of guns right after it perforated the well.

The perforated interval was at 25,586 ft (7,799 m) true vertical depth

(TVD) with a temperature of 270F (132C) and pressure of 19,690 psi
(1,358 bar). The MaxFire EFS initiated the perforation gun with a low
activation pressure of 1,263 psi (87 bar) in a heavy and corrosive calcium bromide wellbore fluid environment. The MaxFire
EFS allowed Halliburton to perforate the well under these extreme conditions without exceeding the pressure limitations
of other downhole tools, and performed as designed to initiate the perforation string, while surviving extreme downhole
conditions and shock loads from the 222-ft (68-m) long, large OD guns (6-in. 14 SPF).

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