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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/223 (2013.01); G01V 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing continuous seismic survey. In particular, the present invention employs a semaphore scheme for the vibes to autonomously and continuously initiate sweeps, thereby decoupling the vibratory source subsystem from the recording subsystem. By using a continuous recorder and the method of the present invention, the recording trucks and the observers can be eliminated, and the vibratory sources can be initiated more efficiently than conventional systems.