The GasGun Applications

The GasGun® was originally conceived by scientists at Sandia National Laboratories in the late 1970’s. Over the next few decades, research and development continued to advance the technology and explore its commercial applications. It is safe to say that we have the scientific process in our DNA. We at the GasGun continue to refine the technology today, recording and analyzing field results by communicating with all of our customers. Not only is this good science but a great opportunity to provide customer service.

Our extensive database of results, provided by discussions with valued customers, is the foundation for applying the GasGun successfully in real world conditions. It is only when we speak with thousands of customers who have used the GasGun that we generate a large enough data set to clearly understand which downhole conditions present the greatest opportunity for success. With this knowledge we developed this GasGun Applications Page to show operators the eight most common successful applications of this unique tool.

 

   
Close Water Contact

• Minimal vertical fracture growth
• Improve effectiveness spotting acid
• Fractures stay in pay zone
• No need to set packers for isolation
   
Horizontal

• Cost effectively stimulate long intervals
• Fractures created along entire pay zone
• Minimal onsite equipment
• Environmentally friendly
   
Injection Well

• Increase injection and withdrawal rates
• Bypass nearbore damage
• Provide a homogenous injection profile
• Reduce injection pressures
   
Naturally Fractured

• Significantly improve formation drainage
• Multiple fractures intersect natural fractures
   
Nearbore Damage

• Remove skin from perforators, drilling, cement, etc.
• Fractures created at every perforation tunnel
• Improve effectiveness of acidizing
   
Open Hole

• Zone isolation achieved without packers
• No adverse effects to borehole integrity
• Fractures not dominated by earth stresses
   
Pre-Acid

• Improve effectiveness of spotting acid
• Break down formation/reduce treating pressures
• Etch channels in newly created fractures
 
Pre-Frac

• Reduce tortuosity & resulting screen-outs
• Break down formation/reduce treating pressures
• Create fractures in preferred plane