47 patents
Utility
Marine vessel for seismic sources
14 Jun 22
A vessel system includes a hull configured to provide buoyancy, one or more seismic sources configured to generate seismic energy, and a deployment apparatus configured to deploy the seismic sources from the hull to a water body or water column.
Timothy A. Dudley, Curt Schneider
Filed: 11 Jan 19
Utility
Seismic node deployment system
7 Jun 22
A seismic node deployment system comprises a cable supply with one or more seismic nodes configured for coupling to the cable at one or more attachment locations for deployment to a water column.
John McCauley Swinford, Timothy A. Dudley, Per Birger Nakken, Fredrik Buch
Filed: 23 May 18
Utility
Magnetic compass compensation
17 May 22
A method for compensating a magnetic heading includes one or more of obtaining a magnetic heading from a magnetic instrument deployed with an apparatus, determining location data for the apparatus, determining local field data based on the location data, obtaining a magnetic profile for the magnetic instrument deployed with the apparatus, and compensating the magnetic heading based the magnetic profile.
Adam P. Jackson
Filed: 11 Jan 20
Utility
Sensor node attachment mechanism and cable retrieval system
26 Apr 22
An attachment system for releasably attaching a sensor node to a cable when in a coupled state includes a clamp base and a clamp grip.
Timothy A. Dudley, Darrell Burch, Paul Brettwood
Filed: 10 Jun 19
Utility
Neutrally Buoyant Particle Velocity Sensor
21 Apr 22
An autonomous sensor node for undersea seismic surveying is formed as a sphere with density similar to sea water in order to minimize effects of noise.
Andre' W. OLIVIER, Ronald K. BARRY, Nikolaos BERNITSAS
Filed: 28 Sep 21
Utility
Acoustic data transmission, telemetry and underwater communication systems
19 Apr 22
An acoustic communication and messaging system includes an acoustic transducer adapted for communicating signals via a subsurface acoustic medium, and a controller in communication with the acoustic transducer.
Dale J. Lambert, Robert H. Kemp, Nicholas Muguira
Filed: 4 Feb 20
Utility
Control System for Steerable Towed Marine Equipment
10 Feb 22
Embodiments herein describe techniques for controlling both a vessel and a separate controllable steering element so that a towed device moves along a predefined path or course.
Felix Ernest BIRCHER, Dale LAMBERT, Nicholas Domingo MUGUIRA, David A. CESPEDES
Filed: 7 Aug 20
Utility
Direct Fill Chamber
10 Feb 22
Embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes a reservoir configured to hold compressed gas, a first firing head coupled to the reservoir where the first firing head configured to generate seismic energy by releasing a first portion of the compressed air from the reservoir to form a first gas bubble in a seismic medium, and a second firing head coupled to the reservoir where the second firing head configured to generate seismic energy by releasing a second portion of the compressed gas from the reservoir to form a second gas bubble in the seismic medium.
Darrell BURCH, Emerson Jose VERISSIMO, Timothy DUDLEY
Filed: 23 Jul 21
Utility
Variable buoyancy control and recovery system for seismic data acquisition
1 Feb 22
A seismic apparatus includes one or more seismic cable systems configured to acquire seismic data, each seismic cable system having one or more of a cable jacket, a reservoir for a ballast fluid or other ballast medium, and an actuator or other transfer mechanism configured to transfer the ballast fluid between the reservoir and the seismic cable system during acquisition of the seismic data, e.g., where the ballast fluid is transferred to the seismic cable system within the cable jacket.
André W. Olivier
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
Well Monitoring System for Monitoring an Subsea, Sub-surface Well
6 Jan 22
Embodiments herein describe apparatus, systems and methods adapted to monitor underwater wells, boreholes, drill holes, etc. (subsea wells).
Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch, Andre Simon Doerfer, Felix Bircher
Filed: 6 Jul 21
Utility
Multi-axis, single mass accelerometer
21 Dec 21
A multi-axis, single mass acceleration sensor includes a three-dimensional frame, a test mass, a plurality of transducers, and a plurality of struts.
André W. Olivier, Lawrence Philip Behn, Matthew Greco, Cornelis A. M. Faber
Filed: 13 Sep 19
Utility
Towed seismic node
2 Nov 21
A marine seismic sensor system includes a seismic node having at least one seismic sensor.
Dale J. Lambert
Filed: 2 Jul 18
Utility
Latch mechanism for streamer device
19 Oct 21
A streamer device or other system can include a pylon configured to attach to a locking collar, and a latch mechanism with a seat component.
Ronald Karl Barry, Christian Joseph Christensen
Filed: 10 Jul 19
Utility
Cable attachment system
17 Aug 21
An attachment system for securing an object, such as a seismic node or other external device, to a rope or cable includes a latch block and a latch member movably connected to the latch block for selective engagement with a coupling feature on the rope or cable.
Andre W. Olivier
Filed: 14 Aug 18
Utility
Modular foil system for towed marine array
3 Aug 21
A marine array having various embodiments of a modular foil system is disclosed.
Daniel George Martin
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Bi-directional Foil System for Towed Marine Cable Array
1 Jul 21
A foil system is used with a towed marine cable array to provide downward, upward or lateral lift to the array.
Erin MARTIN, Daniel George MARTIN
Filed: 11 Dec 20
Reissue
Power savings mode for ocean bottom seismic data acquisition systems
15 Jun 21
Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for conserving power while conducting an ocean bottom seismic survey.
Timothy B. Rigsby, Felix E. Bircher
Filed: 8 Nov 18
Utility
Seismic node deployment system
27 Apr 21
A seismic node deployment system comprises a cable supply with one or more seismic nodes configured for coupling to the cable at one or more attachment locations for deployment to a water column.
John McCauley Swinford, Timothy A. Dudley, Per Birger Nakken, Fredrik Buch
Filed: 16 Sep 19
Utility
Amplitude compensation of reverse time migration (RTM) gathers for AVO/AVA analysis
4 Jan 21
A method of geophysical exploration in a seismic survey includes acquiring a set of seismic traces based on seismic data obtained by a seismic receiver, responsive to seismic energy reflected from a subsurface geology.
Carlos Calderón, Ivan Berranger, Wei Huang, David Brookes, Guoquan Chen, Gary Martin
Filed: 26 Mar 18
Utility
Seismic Source Apparatus
16 Dec 20
The embodiments herein describe a seismic source that includes at least two firing heads connected to a shared reservoir of compressed gas.
Kenneth Graeme Williamson, Paul Farmer, Joseph Richard Gagliardi, Nikolaos Bernitsas, Timothy A. Dudley, Emerson Verissimo, Darrell Burch
Filed: 16 Jun 20