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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Stephen K. Chiu, Katy, TX (US);
Joel D. Brewer, Houston, TX (US);
Peter M. Eick, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/36 (2006.01); G01V 1/38 (2006.01); G01K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/362 (2013.01); G01V 1/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and equipment for acquiring and processing marine seismic data are disclosed that correct source movement during inversion. By correcting source movement during inversion, multiple data sets may be acquired independently during overlapping time periods thus reducing the number of sweeps required, generating greater amounts of data, and simplifying data processing.