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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Ion Geophysical Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jacques Pierre Leveille, Houston, TX (US);
Paul Brettwood, Sunderland, GB;
Jeffrey Alan Meredith, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Assignee:
ION Geophysical Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for acquiring seismic data comprises operating a seismic vessel towing at least one of a seismic streamer with a plurality of seismic sensors and a seismic source. The inline distance between the vessel and one or more other vessels is adjusted according to a predefined function, where the seismic vessels travel along offset seismic acquisition lines, by increasing and reducing the in-line distance during the acquisition of the seismic data.