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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2024
Pgs Geophysical As, Oslo, NO;
Stig Rune Lennart Tenghamn, Hollywood, FL (US);
Neil Paddy, Houston, TX (US);
Manuel Beitz, Oslo, NO;
PGS Geophysical AS, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
A vessel is configured to tow a marine seismic source, a spread of standard-offset streamers, and a long-offset streamer in a manner such that: a standard streamer maximum offset, measured from the at least one source to an aft-most receiver in the standard-offset streamers, is not more than 20 km; and a long-offset streamer maximum offset, measured between the at least one source and an aft-most receiver in the long-offset streamer, is longer than the standard streamer maximum offset and is between 12 km and 40 km. In some embodiments, the long-offset streamer and the standard-offset streamers are coupled to a same spreader line. In other embodiments, the long-offset streamer is coupled to the vessel by a long-offset lead-in line. In still other embodiments, the standard-offset streamers are coupled to a first spreader line, and the long-offset streamer is coupled to a second spreader line disposed aft of the first spreader line.