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Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Pgs Geophysical As, Oslo, NO;

Inventors:

Manuel Beitz, Houston, TX (US);

Christian Strand, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

PGS Geophysical AS, Oslo, NO;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); G01V 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3808 (2013.01); G01V 1/006 (2013.01); G01V 1/3817 (2013.01); G01V 1/3861 (2013.01); G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); G01V 2210/127 (2013.01);
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.


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