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TCP Presentation

Adam Rickman
Owen Oil Tools
 Firing Systems

Tubing

Conveyed

Perforating
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Firing Systems
Module 1
 Firing Systems
• Detonator Bodies

• Features / Benefits
• - Available with 2-3/8”, 2-7/8”, 3-1/2” EUE.

- Available with 2.125 – 6, 2.750 – 6, and 3.800 – 6 ACME threads.

• - Available for 2-3/4” through 7” gun systems.

• - Compatible with most Owen firing heads.

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• Mechanical Impact Firing Head

• Features / Benefits
• - Electrical current, natural or man-made cannot

• detonate the mechanical impact system.

• - Completely pressure balanced.

• - Operates with Wide Nose Solid, Sectional and Roller Drop Bars.

• - Will attach to any Owen detonator body or Auto Gun Release.

• - At least two tubing joints filled with fluid on top of the

• Firing Head are recommended for optimum drop bar speed.

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• Mechanical Safety Impact Firing Head (LP)

• Features / Benefits

• - Ideal for all Drop Bar Firing operations where

• a minimum of 300 psi hydrostatic exists.

• - Ideal for heavy mud and deviated wells.

• - Operates with Wide Nose Solid, Sectional and Roller Drop Bars.

• - Will attach to any Owen detonator body or Auto Gun Release.

• - RP-67 compliant.

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• Mechanical Safety Impact Firing Head (HP)

• Features / Benefits

• - Ideal for all Drop Bar Firing operations where

• a minimum of 2,000 psi hydrostatic exists.

• - Ideal for heavy mud, deviated wells, and high-pressure wells.

• - Operates with Wide Nose Solid, Sectional and Roller Drop Bars.

• - Will attach to any Owen detonator body or Auto Gun Release.

• - RP-67 compliant.

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• Coiled Tubing Pressure Activated Firing Head

• Features / Benefits
• - Can be used with time delay Fuses or HTD-BLAST system.

• - Min/Max operating pressure: 2,000/18,000 psi.

- Used to initiate Owen Small Scalloped Gun Systems (1-11/16”, 2-1/8”, 2-1/2”),

• Tubing Cutters and Severing Tools.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Can be run on slick line or electric line.

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• Pressure Activated Firing Head (LP)

• Features / Benefits
• - Can be used with time delay Fuses or HTD-BLAST system.

• - Min/Max operating pressure: 2,000/18,000 psi.

• - Cannot be used with open perforations or where you cannot develop absolute pressure.

• - Can be placed on top or bottom of all Owen TCP guns.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Can be run on coil tubing.

• - Can be run on slick line or electric line.

• - Will attach to any Owen detonator body or Auto Gun Release.

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• Pressure Activated Firing Head (HP)

• Features / Benefits
• - Can be used with time delay Fuses or HTD-BLAST system.

• - Minimum operating pressure: 2,000 psi.

• - Maximum operating pressure: 25,000 psi.

• - Can be placed on top or bottom of all Owen TCP guns.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Can be run on coil tubing.

• - Can be run on slick line or electric line.

• - Will attach to any Owen detonator body or Auto Gun Release.

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• Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head (LP) 1-11/16”

• Features / Benefits
• - Used to initiate Owen Small Scalloped Gun Systems (1-11/16”, 2-1/8”, 2-1/2”),

• Tubing Cutters and Severing Tools.

• - Used for overbalanced TCP in highly deviated wells with open perforations.

• - Can be used when achieving absolute pressure is not possible.

• - MIN/MAX operating hydrostatic : 300 psi/8,000 psi.

• - Pressure balanced.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Positive indication of firing.

• - Requires hydrostatic to fire.

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• Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head (HP) 1-11/16”

• Features / Benefits
• - Used to initiate Owen Small Scalloped Gun Systems (1-11/16”, 2-1/8”, 2-1/2”),

• Tubing Cutters and Severing Tools.

• - Used for overbalanced TCP in highly deviated wells with open perforations.

• - Can be used when achieving absolute pressure is not possible.

• - MIN/MAX operating hydrostatic : 2,000 psi/20,000 psi.

• - Pressure balanced.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Positive indication of firing.

• - Requires hydrostatic to fire.

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• Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head (LP) 2-3/4” and 3-1/8”

• Features / Benefits
• - Used for overbalanced TCP in highly deviated wells with open perforations.

• - Can be used when achieving absolute pressure is not possible. 2-3/4”

• - Used in situations where it is desirable to allow the tubing to fill itself

• while tripping in the well or allow circulation prior to and after perforating.
3-1/8”
• - MIN/MAX operating hydrostatic : 300 psi/8,000 psi.

• - Pressure balanced.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Positive indication of firing.

• - Requires hydrostatic to fire.

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• Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head (HP) 2-3/4” and 3-1/8”

• Features / Benefits
• - Used for overbalanced TCP in highly deviated wells with open perforations.

• - Can be used when achieving absolute pressure is not possible. 2-3/4”

• - Used in situations where it is desirable to allow the tubing to fill itself

• while tripping in the well or allow circulation prior to and after perforating.
3-1/8”
• - MIN/MAX operating hydrostatic : 2,000 psi/20,000 psi.

• - Pressure balanced.

• - Well suited for highly deviated wells.

• - Positive indication of firing.

• - Requires hydrostatic to fire.

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• Absolute Pressure Firing Head With Auto Vent

• Features / Benefits
• - Compact size and rugged design make it ideal for use in horizontal or deviated wellbores.

- Fits directly onto any top sub with 2.750 ACME thread connection.

- Tool can easily be converted between non-vented, Auto vent, and Auto fill & vent versions.

- Operating range 2,000 PSI/ 13,000 PSI.

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• Top Dual Redundant Firing System

• Features / Benefits
• - Compact and rugged design

• - Provides redundancy to ensure detonation of the TCP gun string.

• - Fits onto any top sub with 2.750 ACME thread connection.

• - 20,000 PSI maximum operating range..

• - Can be used with the 6 minute time delay system.

• - 750 PSI minimum hydrostatic for drop bar firing.

• - 2000 PSI minimum hydrostatic for pressure activated firing.

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• Horizontal TCP Methods

• Spaced out on Tubing

• - Time Delays

• - All Direct Fire

• TCP Firing Heads

• - Pressure Activated Firing Head

• - Ball Drop Firing Head

• Coil Tubing
• - HTD BLAST (Gun to Gun Transfer)

• - Plug and Shoot, Shoot and Plug

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• Time Delay System

• Used in conjunction with a Pressure Activated Firing Head,

Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head, or the HTD-BLAST system.

• Consists of the time delay hardware, an igniter, and a time delay fuse.

• Igniter Contained in a “TC-005” detonator body or “TC-044” CT transfer sub.

• Increase operational time by the addition of time delay elements.

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• Time Delay System
Pressure Activated Firing Head

• Independently perforate
selected zones.

• Reduce costs by running multiple

guns without using gun spacers.

• Obtain maximum use of

under or overbalanced pressures.

• Work in heavy mud systems.

• Be used in producing completions, drill

stem testing, and dual completions.

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• Time Delay System
Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head 2-3/4”

• Obtain maximum use of overbalanced pressures.

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• Time Delay System
Ball Activated Differential Safety Firing Head 3-1/8”

• Obtain maximum use overbalanced pressures.

• The standard Firing pin in the TC-022-2375-000 must be

changed out for the firing pin TC-022-0010-000 when being
used on top of the time delay system.

• The standard Firing pin in the TC-022-2375-200 must be

changed out for the firing pin TC-022-0010-200 when being
used on top of the time delay system.

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• RDS (Rapid Deployment System)
• Features / Benefits
• Perforates multiple drain holes in the work string without
the need for an electric wireline unit or coiled tubing.

• Single-man operation provides the most cost-effective

solution that eliminates all environmental hazards with
pulling a wet pipe.

• Can be used in wells with H2S or HCI.

• Can be used in tubing with parted rods.

• Requires dropping a bar and a minimum of 300 psi hydrostatic

to initiate the firing head.

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• Pulse Wave Transfer System
• Features / Benefits
• A simple and cost-effective method way to accurately space out
perforating guns deployed on tubing.

• Eliminates the need for long intervals of blank spacer guns in vertical
or horizontal wells.

• Utilizes a pressure generating sub attached to the donor perforating gun to create
a “Pulse Wave” that passes through the fluid in the spacer tubing and activates
the vented differential firing head on the receiving gun.

• Reliable transfers through 250 feet(8 joints) of standard tubing, this figure
can be extended by adding a repeater system.

• Suitable in new wells, previously completed wells, and saltwater disposal wells
where a column of fluid can be established.
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Release Systems
Module 2
 Release Systems
• Automatic Gun Release
• Features / Benefits
• Run when it is desirable to drop the gun upon firing.

• Designed for both underbalance or highly overbalanced release operations.

• Can be run with the mechanical impact firing head, safety impact firing
head (LP, HP), and Pressure activated firing head.

• Immediately releases guns upon firing head initiation.

• Leaves the tubing fully open.

• Eliminates the need for Wireline/Slickline to release guns.

• Must be used in conjunction with a ported sub.

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• Mechanical Gun Release, Shift Up
• Features / Benefits
• Medium duty separation tool for TCP operations where it is desirable to
drop the discharged gun system after firing. Allows for other tools or operations
such as logging or treating.

• Guns released using a Model B shifting tool with positive keys on Wireline/Slickline.

• Fully sealed allowing pressure testing of the tubing prior to shifting.

• Offered in several sleeve sizes, full bore version is also available.

• Ran between joints of tubing unlike the automatic gun release.

• No time limit on dropping the firing head and TCP guns.

• Leaves the perforations uncovered to eliminate flow restrictions.

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Vent Systems
Module 3
 Vent Systems
• Fill / Flow Subs
• Features / Benefits
• Offered in 2-3/8, 2-7/8, and 3-1/2 EUE thread.

• Allows the production tubing to fill while running in hole, as well as acting as
a flow passage for reservoir fluids to enter the tubing during production.

• Features a thin glass disk used in certain applications which keeps debris from
settling on top of the firing head that could potentially affect its operation.

• Simple design is easy to service and redress.

• Large ports give greater flow area than the tubing bore.

• The glass disk is not sealed and does not hold any differential pressure.

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• Bar Activated Vent
• Features / Benefits
• Designed to be the primary underbalance valve in drop bar TCP operations.

• Operates from annulus hydrostatic and requires a minimum of 500 psi to activate.

• The tubing can be completely dry, operates independently of tubing hydrostatic.

• Once the valve opens, it locks in place.

• Does not reduce drop bar velocity.

• Can be run with any packer.

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• Surge Tool, Underbalance Sub(Ported and Non-Ported)
• Features / Benefits
• Can be run in a TCP tool string to achieve a differential pressure between
the formation and the tubing string to establish an underbalance
condition for perforating.

• Inexpensive way of achieving underbalance.

• Non-ported version can be run above or below the packer.

• Ported version can be run below the packer.

• Underbalanced perforating conditions created help to clear debris

from the perforations.

• Available in 2 different pressure ratings.

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• Differential Sub(Ported and Non-Ported)
• Features / Benefits
• Used to maintain a high differential pressure in favor of the annulus(underbalance).

• Rated for 10,000 psi from the convex side of the ceramic dome.

• Thinner cross-section than glass, ensuring better shattering properties.

• Available in 2-3/8, 2-7/8 and 3-1/2 EUE thread.

• Non-ported version can be run above or below the packer.

• Ported version can be run below the packer.

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Auxiliary Systems
Module 4
 Auxiliary Systems
• Wide Nose Drop Bars(Solid and Sectional)
• Features / Benefits
• Used to activate Owen mechanical impact and mechanical
safety impact firing heads.

• Also used to fragment differential subs, surge tools and

pressure release (KOBE) subs.

• Can be used in wellbores with up to 40 degrees of inclination from vertical.

• Built-in 1” fishing neck for retrieval.

• Offered in 6’ and 10’ lengths(sectional), 8’ and 10’ lengths(solid).

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• Wide Nose Roller Drop Bars(Solid and Sectional)
• Features / Benefits
• Used to activate Owen mechanical impact and mechanical
safety impact firing heads.

• Offered with rollers for 2-3/8, 2-7/8 and 3-1/2” tubing.

• Can be used in wellbores with between 40 and 60 degrees of

inclination from vertical.

• Built-in 1” fishing neck for retrieval.

• 65.5” long

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• Impact Firing Head No-Go
• Features / Benefits

• Designed to be used on mechanical impact or mechanical safety impact firing heads.

• Sizes for 2-3/8, 2-7/8 and 3-1/2” tubing.

• Sized to work with our automatic gun release.

• Helps guide the drop bar onto the firing pin.

• Helps protect the firing pin from impact.

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• Tubular Collar No-Go
• Features / Benefits

• Designed to be used with mechanical impact or mechanical safety impact firing heads.

• Sizes for 2-3/8, 2-7/8 and 3-1/2” tubing.

• Not to be ran in conjunction with our automatic gun release.

• Sits in collar between tubing joints.

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• Radioactive Marker Sub
• Features / Benefits

• Ran in a TCP string above the FH or packer and is used for accurate depth control .

• Small RA pellet is contained in a chamber and held in place by a set screw,

ensuring recovery.

• Highly visible on gamma/neutron logs and allows comparison to open hole

logs for accurate gun placement across the zone.

• Sizes for 2-3/8, 2-7/8, 3-1/2 and 4-1/2”.

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• Scalloped Gun Lift Sub Equipment
• Features / Benefits

• Used to position a TCP perforating gun into the well at the rig floor.

• Collars available to attach to either top or tandem gun subs.

• The rig’s elevator then can latch securely around the lift assembly with the gun
attached and raised to vertical over the wellbore opening.

• The lifting cap has an O.D. of 4-11/16” so this assembly can be used on a variety
of rig elevator sizes.

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• Wellhead Hanger Plate / Safety Plate
• Features / Benefits

• Used to position a TCP perforating gun temporarily while the next gun is
being picked up.

• Features a slot which fits into a groove that’s machined into each tandem
sub, which is then secured by a locking bar.

• Offered for gun sizes from 1-9/16” – 7”.

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• Tie-Down Subs
• Features / Benefits

• Used for safe storage and handling of loaded perforating guns.

• Provide a sealed protective cap on either end of the gun.

• The handle provides a method to tie down loaded guns.

• NOT to be used for lifting.

• Design incorporates a plastic plug that melts to relieve

trapped pressure if the gun is exposed to
extreme heat or fire.

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• Digital Shot Detection System
• Features / Benefits

• Enables the user to monitor downhole acoustics on the tubular.

• Particularly well suited for monitoring the firing of TCP guns.

• Able to record and monitor the signal simultaneously.

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