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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Pgs Geophysical As, Oslo, NO;
Inventor:
Troy L. McKey, III, La Place, LA (US);
Assignee:
PGS Geophysical AS, Oslo, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/38 (2006.01); B63B 22/20 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/3826 (2013.01); B63B 21/66 (2013.01); B63B 22/20 (2013.01); G01V 1/3808 (2013.01); B63B 2022/006 (2013.01); B63B 2211/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Controllable tail buoy. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: towing a sensor streamer and tail buoy through water, the sensor streamer defining a proximal end and a distal end with the tail buoy coupled to the distal end, and the towing with the sensor streamer and the tail buoy submerged; and during the towing controlling depth of the distal end of the sensor streamer at least in part by the tail buoy; and steering the distal end of the sensor streamer at least in part by the tail buoy.