Abstract:
Method for obtaining zero offset or near zero offset data in a marine seismic streamer survey. An acoustic transmitter (41) is attached to one of the buoys (14 or 16) that provide flotation to each streamer (12) and tow umbilical (13). The acoustic transmitters, or single transmitter in the case of a 2-D survey, may be fired (71-73) before each shot from the survey air guns. The response to the acoustic transmitters recorded by the near sensors in each streamer, or by a water break sensor if provided, will be a near-zero to zero-offset record of the shallow subsurface below the water bottom.
Abstract:
A marine survey acquisition system. The system may include a vessel for towing a marine survey spread. The marine survey spread may include streamers, marine vibrators and a cable. The cable may be coupled to a respective streamer from among the streamers and one of the marine vibrators. The cable may power the respective streamer and the one of the marine vibrators. The one of the marine vibrators may emit energy at a high frequency range.
Abstract:
The methods and devices described herein provide a sensor array positioning system that may allow a user to program a series of sensor array locations, depths and orientations into a control center, which therein commands two or more unmanned surface or submarine vehicles which positions one or more sensor arrays. The devices consist of at least two unmanned vehicles, two or more tow cables, a flexible sensor array comprising one or more sensors, and one or more buoyancy engines. The unmanned vehicles may consist of a master vehicle and one or more slave vehicles, wherein the master vehicle commands the one or more slave vehicles.
Abstract:
An apparatus for acquiring survey data including streamer equipment comprising a lead-in cable; and a geophysical streamer with a plurality of geophysical sensors distributed along the geophysical streamer, including a forward geophysical sensor; a depressor coupled to the streamer equipment in front of the forward geophysical sensor; a variable tension control device coupled at a back end of the geophysical streamer; and a plurality of tension control system sensors. A method for acquiring survey data including obtaining data from tension control system sensors of a geophysical streamer system; identifying an adjustment to be made to one or more tension control factors of the geophysical streamer system to reduce or control vibrational behavior of streamer equipment of the geophysical streamer system making the adjustment to the one or more tension control factors; and acquiring survey data with the geophysical streamer system.
Abstract:
A technique includes designing a streamer, which includes a cable and seismic sensors based at least in part on a relationship between vibration noise and a bending stiffness of the cable.
Abstract:
Buoyant tail section of a geophysical streamer. At least some of the example embodiments are methods of performing a geophysical survey in a marine environment, the method including: towing an active section of a geophysical streamer in the marine environment, the active section having a buoyancy; towing a tail section, the tail section coupled to a distal end of the active section, the towing of the tail section by way of the active section, and at least a portion of the tail section having a buoyancy that is both positively buoyant and greater than buoyancy of the active section; towing a tail buoy in the marine environment, the tail buoy coupled to a distal end of the tail section, and the towing of the tail buoy by way of the tail section; and gathering geophysical survey data by way of the active section.
Abstract:
A system (1) for attaching a plurality of seismic nodes (110, 110a) along a main carrier rope (101). The main carrier rope is made of steel or synthetic fibre, and comprises no power or communication lines. The system has a length measuring device (210) for providing a measured length (Lm) of deployed main carrier rope (101); a data source (220, 230, 240) for providing positioning data affecting the rope position of each seismic node (110, 110a) on the main carrier rope (101); a control unit (200) for providing an attachment command whenever the measured length (Lm) corresponds to a rope position of a seismic node (110, 110a) computed from the positioning data; and a node attaching unit (100) for attaching a seismic node (110, 110a) to the main carrier rope (101) in response to the attachment command. The system is capable of attaching nodes (110) with different node spacing between some or all nodes along the main carrier rope (101). As the rope positions are determined by the measured length (Lm), the system automatically compensates for creep or stretch in the main carrier rope (101). Attaching a seismic node (110) to the main carrier rope (101) at any rope position by means of a clamping device, a suspension device and a fly line is also disclosed.
Abstract:
Inducing vibrations onto a sensor streamer. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: towing a sensor streamer through a body of water, the sensor streamer comprising a plurality of geophones spaced along the sensor streamer; inducing a vibration onto the sensor streamer at a predetermined location, the inducing as the sensor streamer is towed; measuring the vibration by a geophone at a distance from the predetermined location, the measuring creates a measured vibration; and creating, by a computer system, a model of noise propagation along the sensor streamer, the creating based on the measured vibration.
Abstract:
Suppressing data corresponding to noise using a model of noise propagation along a sensor streamer. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: reading a data set containing noise and seismic signals recorded by geophones disposed in a sensor streamer when the sensor streamer was within a body of water; determining locations of noise sources along the sensor streamer when the sensor streamer was within the body of water; and suppressing data of the data set corresponding to noise sources along the sensor streamer.
Abstract:
A cable for land based seismic array system includes a plurality of fibers, an aramid strength member, and a thermo-plastic polyurethane (TPU) Jacket, wherein a total number of the plurality of fibers is greater than or equal to 48, a diameter of the cable is less than 10 millimeter (mm), and a weight of the cable per unit distance is less than 50 kilogram (Kg)/kilometer (Km).