Deployment and recovery of autonomous underwater vehicles for seismic survey

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PATENT NO 9969470
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13616396

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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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SEABED GEOSOLUTIONS B V2264 SG LEIDSCHENDAM

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Brizard, Thierry Massy, FR 38 531
Dowle, Robert Massy, FR 35 425
Hervé, Alice Paris, FR 4 61
Maxwell, Peter Missouri City, US 24 309
Postic, Erwan Jakarta, ID 3 42
Rodriguez, Salvador Chaville, FR 6 90

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