Marine walkaway vertical seismic profiling

Patent · Tue Sep 18 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6470349

Stubblefield, S A

This patent describes a method of marine vertical seismic profiling. It comprises: locating a marine seismic cable having hydrophones in a substantially vertical position in a body of water; towing a seismic source behind a vessel along a seismic line of profile past the seismic cable; activating the seismic source at periodic intervals corresponding to shotpoint intervals to emit seismic waves into subsurface formations beneath the body of water; sensing the response of the subsurface formations to the emitted seismic waves with hydrophones; and recording the sensed response of the hydrophones as seismic data.

• Assignee: Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (USA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4958238; A
• Application Number: PPN: US s 7-383472
• OSTI ID: 6470349
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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