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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Seabed Geosolutions B.v., Leidschendam, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seabed Geosolutions B.V., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/00 (2006.01); B63B 27/16 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63G 8/001 (2013.01); B63B 27/16 (2013.01); G01V 1/3852 (2013.01); B63B 2027/165 (2013.01); B63G 2008/004 (2013.01); B63G 2008/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cycling autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that record seismic signals during a marine seismic survey. The method includes deploying plural current AUVs on the ocean bottom; recording the seismic signals during the marine seismic survey with plural current AUVs; releasing from an underwater base a new AUV to replace a corresponding current AUV from the plural current AUVs; recovering the current AUV; and continuing to record the seismic signals with the new AUV.