AU534900B2

AU534900B2 – Marine seismic source array
– Google Patents

AU534900B2 – Marine seismic source array
– Google Patents
Marine seismic source array

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Publication number
AU534900B2

AU534900B2
AU57678/80A
AU5767880A
AU534900B2
AU 534900 B2
AU534900 B2
AU 534900B2
AU 57678/80 A
AU57678/80 A
AU 57678/80A
AU 5767880 A
AU5767880 A
AU 5767880A
AU 534900 B2
AU534900 B2
AU 534900B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
source array
seismic source
marine seismic
marine
array
Prior art date
1979-04-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Ceased

Application number
AU57678/80A
Other versions

AU5767880A
(en

Inventor
Andrew Thomas Lamb
John Herbert Lofthouse
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV

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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
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1979-04-24
Filing date
1980-04-22
Publication date
1984-02-23

1980-04-22
Application filed by Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV
filed
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Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij BV

1980-10-30
Publication of AU5767880A
publication
Critical
patent/AU5767880A/en

1984-02-23
Application granted
granted
Critical

1984-02-23
Publication of AU534900B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU534900B2/en

2000-04-22
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS

G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting

G01V1/003—Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design

G01V1/006—Seismic data acquisition in general, e.g. survey design generating single signals by using more than one generator, e.g. beam steering or focussing arrays

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS

G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting

G01V1/38—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for water-covered areas

G01V1/3817—Positioning of seismic devices

G01V1/3826—Positioning of seismic devices dynamic steering, e.g. by paravanes or birds

G—PHYSICS

G01—MEASURING; TESTING

G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS

G01V1/00—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting

G01V1/38—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for water-covered areas

G01V1/3861—Seismology; Seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting specially adapted for water-covered areas control of source arrays, e.g. for far field control

AU57678/80A
1979-04-24
1980-04-22
Marine seismic source array

Ceased

AU534900B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

GB7914188

1979-04-24

GB7914188

1979-04-24

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU5767880A

AU5767880A
(en)

1980-10-30

AU534900B2
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AU534900B2
(en)

1984-02-23

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Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU57678/80A
Ceased

AU534900B2
(en)

1979-04-24
1980-04-22
Marine seismic source array

Country Status (7)

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EP
(1)

EP0018053B1
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS55144573A
(en)

AU
(1)

AU534900B2
(en)

GB
(1)

GB2047406B
(en)

MY
(1)

MY8500161A
(en)

NO
(1)

NO158970C
(en)

NZ
(1)

NZ193503A
(en)

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1989-04-06
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1987-11-13
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*

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System for controlling cables in a seismic tow and where some of the cables have control units designed to paint and report on their positions

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Method and apparatus for the treatment of physical and mental disorders with low frequency, low flux density magnetic fields

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*

2003-01-21
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Sonar array system

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(en)

*

2003-04-15
2006-08-09
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Active steering for marine seismic sources

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(en)

2004-06-03
2008-08-26
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Active steering for marine sources

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(en)

*

2004-03-17
2008-08-28
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Offshore earthquake measurement method and system

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*

2004-04-02
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Apparatus and method for carrying out seismic surveys

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(en)

2004-05-04
2008-12-16
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(en)

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(en)

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Seismic exploration

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(en)

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2008-07-15
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Methods and systems for efficiently acquiring towed streamer seismic surveys

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(en)

2006-11-14
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Seafloor-following streamer

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(en)

2007-05-17
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Acquiring azimuth rich seismic data in the marine environment using a regular sparse pattern of continuously curved sail lines

GB0722469D0
(en)

2007-11-16
2007-12-27
Statoil Asa
Forming a geological model

GB0724847D0
(en)

2007-12-20
2008-01-30
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Method of and apparatus for exploring a region below a surface of the earth

JP4651739B2
(en)

*

2008-01-23
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コリア インスティチュート オブ ジオサイエンス アンド ミネラル リソースズ

Streamer electrical resistivity exploration system and riverbed ground structure analysis method using the same

GB0803701D0
(en)

2008-02-28
2008-04-09
Statoilhydro Asa
Improved interferometric methods and apparatus for seismic exploration

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(en)

2008-05-15
2014-03-25
Westerngeco L.L.C.
Multi-vessel coil shooting acquisition

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2008-05-15
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Multi-vessel coil shooting acquisition

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(en)

2008-06-13
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Westerngeco L.L.C.
Filtering and presentation of heading observations for coil shooting

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(en)

2008-06-13
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Westerngeco L.L.C.
Method to determine the deviation of seismic equipment from a planned curved path

GB2479200A
(en)

2010-04-01
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Statoil Asa
Interpolating pressure and/or vertical particle velocity data from multi-component marine seismic data including horizontal derivatives

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(en)

2010-05-28
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Statoil Petroleum As
Subsea hydrocarbon production system

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Methods for gathering marine geophysical data

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(en)

*

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Steerable source systems and method

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(en)

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Methods and systems for survey designs

FR2984526B1
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2014-10-03
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CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING SOURCES

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(en)

*

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株式会社Ihi

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(en)

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2013-08-29
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(en)

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(en)

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(en)

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Geophysical survey systems and related methods

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2016-01-11
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EP80200356A
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not_active
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1980-04-22
GB
GB8013228A
patent/GB2047406B/en
not_active
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1980-04-22
NO
NO801153A
patent/NO158970C/en
unknown

1980-04-22
JP
JP5243580A
patent/JPS55144573A/en
active
Granted

1980-04-22
AU
AU57678/80A
patent/AU534900B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1980-04-22
NZ
NZ193503A
patent/NZ193503A/en
unknown

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MY
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unknown

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Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

AU582644B2
(en)

*

1985-04-22
1989-04-06
Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
Apparatus and method for locating towed seismic apparatus

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Publication number
Publication date

GB2047406B
(en)

1983-09-01

GB2047406A
(en)

1980-11-26

NO158970B
(en)

1988-08-08

MY8500161A
(en)

1985-12-31

JPS55144573A
(en)

1980-11-11

EP0018053A1
(en)

1980-10-29

JPS6321876B2
(en)

1988-05-09

EP0018053B1
(en)

1983-12-07

NO158970C
(en)

1988-11-23

NZ193503A
(en)

1983-11-18

NO801153L
(en)

1980-10-27

AU5767880A
(en)

1980-10-30

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