Shallow marine seismic system and method

Patent · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5802123

Stubblefield, S A

This patent describes a marine seismic system. It comprises acquisition means including: buoy means for floating on a body of water, a plurality of propelling means attached to the buoy means in such a manner so as to be able to move the buoy means and responsive to control signals for moving the buoy means so as to position the buoy means on the body of water, hydrophone means for converting seismic waves resulting from a seismic event to at least one electrical signal, cable means for suspending the hydrophone means from the buoy means to a predetermined shallow depth and for carrying the electrical signal from hydrophone means, navigational means for providing position signals corresponding to the position of the buoy means, and first antenna means connected to the propelling means, to the cable means and to the navigational means for receiving first transmitted signals from a ship to provide first received signals as control signals to the propelling means, and for transmitting second transmitted signals to the ship corresponding to the electrical signal from the hydrophone means and to the position signals from the navigational means.

• Assignee: Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (United States)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5052814
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-584685
• OSTI ID: 5802123
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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