Method and system for controlling streamers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8520468
APP PUB NO 20120281498A1
SERIAL NO

13550001

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A method and system for controlling the shape and separation of an arrangement of streamers towed behind a survey vessel. Each streamer is steered laterally by lateral steering devices positioned along its length at specific nodes. Each streamer is driven by its lateral steering devices to achieve a specified separation from a neighboring streamer. One of these actual streamers, used as a reference by the other actual streamers, is steered to achieve a specified separation from an imaginary, or ghost, streamer virtually towed with the actual streamers.

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ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION2105 CITYWEST BOULEVARD SUITE 400 HOUSTON TX 77042-2839

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cespedes, M David A Metairie, US 2 19
Grant, John Edward Livingston, GB 6 30
Seale, Daniel B New Orleans, US 5 108

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