Multiple receiver line deployment and recovery
AssigneeFairfield Industries Incorporated
InventorsReagan Neil Woodard, Jr., James N. Thompson
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus and method of transferring seismic equipment to and from a marine vessel and subsurface location. In one embodiment, the method includes deploying at least one remotely operated vehicle from a vessel operating in a first direction, and operating the at least one remotely operated vehicle in a pattern relative to the direction of the vessel to form at least two receiver lines.
Claims24
A method for deploying seismic sensor devices in a marine environment, comprising:
- deploying at least one remotely operated vehicle from a vessel, the remotely operated vehicle comprising an onboard storage compartment having a first plurality of sensor devices disposed therein;
- operating the vessel in a first direction at a first speed that is greater than zero knots;
- operating the at least one remotely operated vehicle at a second speed in a pattern relative to the first direction, the second speed being greater than the first speed, the pattern comprising:
- a first course that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- a second course that is substantially parallel to the first direction;
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- a third course that is opposite of the first course;
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- placing each of the first plurality of sensor devices in selected locations along the pattern as the vessel operates at the first speed.
A method for deploying seismic sensor devices in a marine environment, comprising:
- deploying at least two remotely operated vehicles from a vessel, each of the remotely operated vehicles carrying a plurality of sensor devices;
- powering the vessel to operate at a first speed in a first direction, the first speed being greater than zero knots;
- operating the at least two remotely operated vehicles at a second speed to deploy the plurality of sensor devices, the second speed being greater than the first speed, wherein the at least two remotely operated vehicles comprise a first remotely operated vehicle and a second remotely operated vehicle, and the first remotely operated vehicle and the second remotely operated vehicle deploy the plurality of sensor devices in a pattern.
A method for deploying seismic sensor devices in a marine environment, comprising:
- deploying at least one remotely operated vehicle from a vessel, the remotely operated vehicle comprising an onboard storage compartment having a first plurality of sensor devices disposed therein;
- operating the vessel in a first linear direction at a first speed that is greater than zero knots;
- operating the at least one remotely operated vehicle at a second speed in a pattern relative to the first linear direction, the second speed being greater than the first speed, the pattern comprising:
- a first travel path that is substantially perpendicular to the first linear direction;
- a second travel path that is substantially parallel to the first linear direction;
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- a third travel path that is opposite of the first travel path;
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- a fourth travel path that is substantially parallel to the second travel path;
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- placing a first sensor device from the first plurality of sensor devices in a first location along the first travel path and a second sensor from the first plurality of sensor devices in a second location along the second travel path as the vessel operates at the first speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.