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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Svein Arne Frivik, Oslo, NO;
Nicolas Goujon, Oslo, NO;
Inventors:
Svein Arne Frivik, Oslo, NO;
Nicolas Goujon, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
WesternGeco L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one or more aspects of the invention, a marine seismic survey method comprises towing at least two streamers below a sea surface forming a survey spread, each streamer comprising a survey sensor and a profiler; and at each profiler, emitting an acoustic signal; recording an echo of the emitted signal at the profiler; and determining a parameter from the recorded echo, the parameter comprising at least one selected from the group of a distance between the profiler and the sea surface, a water current vector and a sea surface slope.