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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Scott C. Hornbostel, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Scott C. Hornbostel, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); G01V 1/20 (2006.01); G01V 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3817 (2013.01); G01V 1/20 (2013.01); G01V 3/083 (2013.01); G01V 2003/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for evaluating submarine formations, such as geological formations located generally under a body of water. Multiple hydrofoils (), responding to moving water, hydrodynamic, or Bernoulli forces, provide controllable orientation and separation for multiple receivers () as they are towed () through water () in the course of a geophysical survey such as a controlled source electromagnetic survey. The inventive method can be used to provide mutual orthogonality for three antennas in a multiple component electromagnetic receiver.