Abstract: A perforating gun deployable in a wellbore. The perforating gun may include an outer sleeve including a central passage, and a plurality of separate perforating modules receivable in the central passage of the outer sleeve. Each of the plurality of perforating modules of the perforating gun may include a carrier and a charge tube assembly received in the carrier, wherein the charge tube assembly incudes a shaped charge.

Abstract: A plug for sealing a wellbore includes a slip assembly including a plurality of arcuate slip segments, a nose cone coupled to the slip assembly and including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein at least one of the slip assembly and the nose cone includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced pockets, and wherein at least one of the slip assembly and the nose cone includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced protrusions configured to be received in the pockets.

Abstract: An initiator assembly for a perforating gun includes a detonator configured to detonate a shaped charge of the perforating gun when ballistically coupled to the shaped charge, wherein the detonator includes a detonator housing that receives an explosive material and a detonator electrical connector extending from the detonator housing, and a switch assembly configured to detonate the detonator after receiving a firing signal, wherein the switch assembly includes a switch housing and a switch electrical connector received in the switch housing, wherein one of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector is insertable into the other of the detonator electrical connector and the switch electrical connector to form an electrical connection between the detonator and the switch assembly.

Abstract: A tool string disposable in a wellbore includes a plug configured to seal against an inner surface of a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, and a setting tool coupled to the plug that includes a piston slidably disposed in a setting tool housing of the setting tool and including a central passage, and a combustible assembly disposed in the passage of the piston, wherein the combustible assembly includes a housing and combustible material disposed in the combustible assembly housing, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston of the setting tool, the setting tool is configured to actuate the plug to seal against the inner surface of the tubular string.

Abstract: A method including (a) lowering a first tool string into a first wellbore, the tool string including a first perforating gun and a gun switch configured to detonate the first perforating gun, (b) detonating the first perforating gun in response to transmitting a first gun firing signal from a control system to the gun switch, (c) retrieving the tool string from the first wellbore following (c), (d) lowering a second tool string including the gun switch used in the first tool string and a second perforating gun into at least one of the first wellbore and a second wellbore that is different from the first wellbore following (d), and (e) detonating the second perforating gun of the second tool string in response to transmitting a second gun firing signal from the control system to the gun switch.

Abstract: A perforating gun deployable in a wellbore includes an outer sleeve including a central passage, and a plurality of separate perforating modules receivable in the central passage of the outer sleeve, wherein each of the plurality of perforating modules includes a carrier and a charge tube assembly received in the carrier, wherein the charge tube assembly incudes a shaped charge.

Abstract: A thread protector for coupling with an end of a tubular member includes a hub, a connector extending from the hub, and a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface of the connector and configured to releasably couple with a threaded connector of the tubular member, wherein each spline includes an inclined shoulder disposed at an acute angle to a central axis of the thread protector, and a locking shoulder disposed orthogonal to the central axis of the thread protector.

Abstract: A tool string disposable in a wellbore includes a plug configured to seal against an inner surface of a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, a setting tool coupled to the plug, including a housing including a central passage, a mandrel slidably disposed in the housing, wherein the mandrel includes an outer surface including a planar surface, and a piston coupled to the mandrel and including a central passage, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston of the setting tool, the setting tool is configured to actuate the plug to seal against the inner surface of the tubular string.

Abstract: A setting tool for actuating a downhole plug in a wellbore includes a housing including a central passage, a piston slidably disposed in the housing and including a central passage, and wherein the piston includes a first position in the housing and a second position the housing spaced from the first position in a first axial direction, and an atmospheric chamber filled with compressible fluid formed radially between the piston and the housing, and wherein the atmospheric chamber is sealed from an environment surrounding the setting tool when the piston is in the first position, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston, the setting tool is configured to displace the piston from the first position to the second position and compress the compressible fluid within the atmospheric chamber.

Abstract: A slip assembly for a downhole plug includes a plurality of first slip segments circumferentially spaced about a central axis of the slip assembly, each first slip segment including a first body and a first engagement member for coupling to a tubular member, and a plurality of second slip segments circumferentially spaced about the central axis, each second slip segment including a second body, a second engagement member for coupling to the tubular member, and an arcuately extending anti-extrusion member, wherein the anti-extrusion member is at least one of monolithically formed with the second body and coupled to the second body whereby relative movement between the second body and the anti-extrusion member is restricted, wherein each of the plurality of first slip segments and the plurality of second slip segments include a radially inner position and a radially outer position.

Abstract: A completion system for perforating a tubular string positioned in a wellbore includes a tool string positionable in the wellbore, wherein the tool string includes a first perforating gun and a plurality of digital switches, a control system connectable to the tool string, wherein the control system is configured to generate a plurality of unique identifiers for each switch of the plurality of switches, assign each of the plurality of unique identifiers to one of the plurality of switches, and transmit a signal to a first switch of the plurality of switches including a first unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers to actuate the first perforating gun and perforate the tubular string, wherein the first unique identifier is assigned to the first switch.

Abstract: A tool string includes a perforating gun including a signal conductor, a sub that includes a sub housing including a first bulkhead receptacle extending into the sub housing from a first end, a second bulkhead receptacle extending into the sub housing from a second end, and a switch receptacle positioned between the first bulkhead receptacle and the second bulkhead receptacle, a first bulkhead connector, and a second bulkhead connector, and a switch positionable in the switch receptacle, wherein the switch is configured to establish an electrical connection with the signal conductor of the perforating gun in response to coupling of the sub with the perforating gun, and wherein the switch receptacle is isolated from fluid pressure external of the switch receptacle when the first bulkhead connector is positioned in the first bulkhead receptacle and the second bulkhead connector is positioned in the second bulkhead receptacle.

Abstract: An assembly, including a perforating gun to perforate a subterranean wellbore, and a setting tool to install a plug within the wellbore. In addition, the assembly includes an adapter configured to connect to each of the perforating gun and the setting tool. The adapter includes an outer housing including a single-piece, integrated body that includes a first end configured to directly connect to the perforating gun, a second end configured to directly connect to the setting tool, and an internal passage. In addition, the adapter includes an electrical circuit disposed within the internal passage that is configured to route an electrical signal to cause the setting tool to install a plug within the wellbore.

Abstract: A tool string includes a perforating gun including a signal conductor, a sub that includes a sub housing including a first bulkhead receptacle extending into the sub housing from a first end, a second bulkhead receptacle extending into the sub housing from a second end, and a switch receptacle positioned between the first bulkhead receptacle and the second bulkhead receptacle, a first bulkhead connector, and a second bulkhead connector, and a switch positionable in the switch receptacle, wherein the switch is configured to establish an electrical connection with the signal conductor of the perforating gun in response to coupling of the sub with the perforating gun, and wherein the switch receptacle is isolated from fluid pressure external of the switch receptacle when the first bulkhead connector is positioned in the first bulkhead receptacle and the second bulkhead connector is positioned in the second bulkhead receptacle.

Abstract: A completion system for perforating a tubular string positioned in a wellbore includes a tool string positionable in the wellbore, wherein the tool string includes a first perforating gun and a plurality of digital switches, a control system connectable to the tool string, wherein the control system is configured to generate a plurality of unique identifiers for each switch of the plurality of switches, assign each of the plurality of unique identifiers to one of the plurality of switches, and transmit a signal to a first switch of the plurality of switches including a first unique identifier of the plurality of unique identifiers to actuate the first perforating gun and perforate the tubular string, wherein the first unique identifier is assigned to the first switch.

Abstract: A setting tool for actuating a downhole plug in a wellbore includes a housing including a central passage, a piston slidably disposed in the housing and including a central passage, and wherein the piston includes a first position in the housing and a second position the housing spaced from the first position in a first axial direction, and an atmospheric chamber filled with compressible fluid formed radially between the piston and the housing, and wherein the atmospheric chamber is sealed from an environment surrounding the setting tool when the piston is in the first position, wherein, in response to a pressurization of the central passage of the piston, the setting tool is configured to displace the piston from the first position to the second position and compress the compressible fluid within the atmospheric chamber.

Abstract: A perforating gun assembly includes a perforating gun body, a casing collar locator, and a direct connect sub coupled to the CCL and the perforating gun body. In an embodiment, the direct connect sub includes a single body including a central axis, a first end, and a second end. The first end is engaged with the CCL, and the second end is engaged with the perforating gun body.

Abstract: A charge tube assembly for a perforating gun includes a charge tube configured to receive an explosive shaped charge, and a first endplate configured to couple to a first end of the charge tube, the first endplate including a first faceplate coupled to a first body, wherein the first faceplate includes a first material and the first body includes a second material that is different from the first material.

Abstract: A thread protector for coupling with an end of a tubular member includes a hub, a connector extending from the hub, and a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface of the connector and configured to releasably couple with a threaded connector of the tubular member, wherein each spline includes an inclined shoulder disposed at an acute angle to a central axis of the thread protector, and a locking shoulder disposed orthogonal to the central axis of the thread protector.

Abstract: A casing collar locator including a housing having a first end, a second end, and a passage extending between the first end and the second end, a first cylindrical member having a passage extending therethrough and coupled to the first end of the housing, and a second cylindrical member having a passage extending therethrough and coupled to the second end of the housing, and a coil assembly disposed in the passage of the housing and configured to produce an electrical signal in response to a change in a magnetic field, wherein the coil assembly comprises an annular magnet having a diameter greater than an axial width of the annular magnet.