Deployment and recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles for seismic survey
US9969470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3852
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system and method for performing a marine seismic survey of a subsurface. The method includes deploying under water, from a deploying vessel, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV); recording with seismic sensors located on the AUV seismic waves generated by an acoustic source array; instructing the AUV to surface at a certain depth relative to the water surface; recovering the AUV by bringing the AUV on a recovery vessel; and transferring recorded seismic data to the recovery vessel.
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