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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Neil H. R. Turnbull, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventor:
Neil H. R. Turnbull, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
PGS Geophysical AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3808 (2013.01); G01V 2210/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controlling towing speed of a sensor streamer. At least some of the of the embodiments are methods including: towing a sensor streamer through water at a towing speed; releasing interrogating energy within the water; recording energy received by the sensor streamer to create recorded energy; determining a value indicative of noise within the recorded energy; and changing the towing speed in real-time responsive to the value indicative of noise within the recorded energy.