EP 2788793 A4 20150916 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEA CURRENT AIDED, ENHANCED AZIMUTH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEA CURRENT AIDED, ENHANCED AZIMUTH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG FÜR MEERESSTRÖMUNGSUNTERSTÜTZTE VERBESSERTE SEISMISCHE AZIMUTDATENERFASSUNG
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL POUR ACQUISITION DE DONNÉES SISMIQUES D'AZIMUT AMÉLIORÉ, ASSISTÉE PAR COURANT MARIN
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 201213465653 A 20120507
- NO 20120520 A 20120507
- NO 2013050082 W 20130507
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2013169117A1] A system of designing and acquiring 3D marine seismic surveys such that the prevailing sea current is parallel or orthogonal to a major axis of the area to be surveyed. By steering the vessel and towed seismic source and receiver arrays through the water, heading into the sea current at some significant angle away from the sea current direction, then the resultant movement of the seismic source and receiver arrays will result in a much richer sampling and measurement of the earth's sub-surface by virtue of increasing the range of source-to-receiver azimuths available. By adopting this method, the final 3D seismic image of the subsurface will be more accurate and will be correctly focussed. Also line change times may be reduced significantly and the overall carbon footprint of the seismic survey may be lessened.
IPC 8 full level
G01V 1/38 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G01V 1/3808 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
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- [I] US 4033278 A 19770705 - WATERS KENNETH H
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- [A] US 2012069702 A1 20120322 - MUYZERT EVERHARD [GB], et al
- [A] THORBJORN REKDAL ET AL: "Recent advances in marine seismic acquisition and processing technology | CSEG Recorder Online", RECORDER, March 2006 (2006-03-01), XP055206641, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://csegrecorder.com/articles/view/recent-advances-in-marine-seismic-acquisition-and-processing-technology> [retrieved on 20150806]
- See references of WO 2013169117A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2013169117 A1 20131114; EP 2788793 A1 20141015; EP 2788793 A4 20150916; MX 2014013638 A 20150304; MX 340909 B 20160729
DOCDB simple family (application)
NO 2013050082 W 20130507; EP 13788421 A 20130507; MX 2014013638 A 20130507