Streamer spread with reduced drag
US9019796B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3817
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and a marine front-end gear for connecting a set of streamers to a towing vessel. The front-end gear includes ropes for connecting a first sub-set of streamers to the vessel; lead-ins for connecting a second sub-set of streamers to the vessel; and a back loop cable electrically connected between tails of first and second adjacent streamers. The first streamer belongs to the first sub-set of streamers and the second streamer belongs to the second sub-set of streamers, and streamers of the first sub-set are interspersed with streamers of the second sub-set.
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