Patent ID: 8201625

Claim:
A method of orienting a perforating gun in a borehole of a formation, comprising: running a tool string into the borehole to a predetermined depth, the tool string comprising a motor module, the perforating gun, at least one centralizer disposed above the perforating gun, and an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is selected from a group consisting of a focused acoustic instrument, a focused thermal instrument and a focused flow measuring instrument; imaging the borehole and the formation at the predetermined depth with the imaging device while rotating the imaging device about an axis of the tool string with the motor module to provide a radial survey of the borehole and the formation at the predetermined depth; rotating the perforating gun about the axis of the tool string to a desired orientation with the motor module based on the radial survey; and actuating the perforating gun at the desired orientation; wherein the at least one centralizer comprises a non-rotating centralizer disposed above the imaging device and a rotating centralizer disposed below the imaging device.