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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2006
Carl Regone, Katy, TX (US);
Scott T. Michell, Houston, TX (US);
John T. Etgen, Houston, TX (US);
Ian Threadgold, Houston, TX (US);
Carl Regone, Katy, TX (US);
Scott T. Michell, Houston, TX (US);
John T. Etgen, Houston, TX (US);
Ian Threadgold, Houston, TX (US);
BP Corporation North America Inc., Warrenville, IL (US);
Abstract
According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method for acquiring seismic data in a marine environment, wherein at least two source vessels are used in conjunction with a recording vessel which tows a plurality of hydrophone cables. Preferably, the source vessels will be positioned along side of the towed streamer configuration and most preferably one source vessel will be located near the recording vessel and the other at the end of the streamer configuration, preferably along the same side of the streamer configuration as the lead source vessel.