Method and system of a controllable tail buoy

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9910176
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15458699

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Controllable tail buoy. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: towing a sensor streamer and tail buoy through water, the sensor streamer defining a proximal end and a distal end with the tail buoy coupled to the distal end, and the towing with the sensor streamer and the tail buoy submerged; and during the towing controlling depth of the distal end of the sensor streamer at least in part by the tail buoy; and steering the distal end of the sensor streamer at least in part by the tail buoy.

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PGS GEOPHYSICAL ASSTRANDVEIEN 4 N-1366 LYSAKER

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McKey,, III Troy L La Place, US 9 53

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