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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Ion Geophysical Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Dale J. Lambert, Mandeville, LA (US);
Assignee:
ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); F16L 1/12 (2006.01); F16L 1/24 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01); G01V 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3843 (2013.01); B63B 21/66 (2013.01); F16L 1/126 (2013.01); F16L 1/24 (2013.01); G01V 1/201 (2013.01); G01V 1/38 (2013.01); G01V 2001/207 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for operating streamer recovery devices to retrieve seismic streamers, for example streamers that become severed from their towing vessels. The streamer recovery can be remotely activated to cause the streamer to surface where the streamer is more easily retrieved.