Attenuating out of band energy emitted from seismic sources
US8261874B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/133
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for attenuating out of band energy emitted from a seismic source used in a marine seismic survey. The method includes disposing the seismic source in a body of water and releasing a gas into a volume of water surrounding the seismic source. The released gas may be configured such that it displaces the volume of water surrounding the seismic source at a rate less than 2.9×106 cubic-meters per cubic-second.
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