Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spatial distribution of marine vibratory sources
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Application No.: US16000542Application Date: 2018-06-05
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Publication No.: US10969509B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Manuel Beitz , Christian Strand
- Applicant: PGS Geophysical AS
- Applicant Address: NO Oslo
- Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
- Current Assignee: PGS Geophysical AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Oslo
- Main IPC: G01V1/38
- IPC: G01V1/38 ; G01V1/00

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed relating to geophysical surveying. In some embodiments, a marine survey vessel tows multiple sensor streamers in addition to vibratory sources deployed relative to the sensor streamers. In some embodiments, the vessel tows vibratory sources emitting energy within different frequency bands in different deployment zones. In some embodiments, one or more sources are driven with different sweep functions, different activation patterns, and/or different sweep lengths. Various disclosed techniques for manufacturing a geophysical data product may potentially simplify equipment used for towing sources, reduce survey complexity without reducing resolution, increase resolution without increasing survey complexity, improve energy content recovered from deep reflections, and/or reduce the environmental impact of emitting seismic energy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180364384A1 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE VIBRATORY SOURCES Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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