Providing a tow cable having plural electromagnetic receivers and one or more electromagnetic sources

US8115491B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• WESTERNGECO L.L.C. · US

Inventors

• David Alumbaugh · Berkeley, US
• Guozhong Gao · Albany, US
• Tarek M. Habashy · Burlington, US
• Frank Morrison · Berkeley, US
• Michael L. Oristaglio · Coventry, US
• Kambiz A. Safinya · Ridgefield, US
• Andrea Zerilli · Fiorenzuola d'Arda, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 14, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A90/30
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

To perform marine electromagnetic (EM) surveying of a subterranean structure, a marine cable system is provided including a tow cable, a plurality of electromagnetic (EM) sources coupled to the tow cable, and a plurality of EM receivers coupled to the tow cable. The system is configured for deployment in a body of water to perform marine EM surveying of a subterranean structure.