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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Pgs Geophysical As, Oslo, NO;
Erling Vågeskar, Ulsteinvik, NO;
Kenneth Karlsen, Oslo, NO;
Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A hydrodynamic foil system for a sensor streamer array includes towing equipment coupled to a survey vessel. The towing equipment includes at least one spreader cable extending substantially transversely to a direction of motion of the survey vessel. A plurality of laterally spaced apart sensor streamers is coupled at respective forward ends thereof to the towing equipment. A plurality of foils disposed on the spreader cable, the foils configured to provide hydrodynamic lift in a vertical direction as the at least one spreader cable is moved through the water. The foils are each rotatable about the spreader cable.